DuPage County Opinion
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Got exemption back, but law still wrongOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - Thanks to your article on 9/28/11 regarding the senior exemption. Upon review of our property tax records, my wife and I discovered that the Cook County Assessor’s Offic...
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An even tax for an even tan?Oct 23, 2011 6:00 am - Looks like we, the taxpayers, got burned again. Among the $409 billion in taxes and fees to pay for Obama Care through 2019, a tanning tax was to generate $2.7 billion o...
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Democrats not up for compromiseOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - It amazes me when the leftists were the sole power in Washington, D.C., they never once compromised with the right. They never even once let the right read the bills bef...
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Domestic violence does happen hereOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - On Oct. 17, the Daily Herald reported the murder of Nancy Bustos in her Glen Ellyn home. Police are searching for an ex-husband who shared a residence with the murder vi...
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Look at the good teens are doingOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - The Oct. 11 Associated Press article, “Police say teens plotted Palos Park murders for months,” disgusted me in so many ways. I hate seeing stories like this where teens...
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Hopes for cure to Huntington’s diseaseOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - Great article on Oct. 18 about the Cuccinotto family and their battle with Huntington‘s disease. My dad, John, and Joe Cuccinotto were our football, basketball and baseb...
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Leaders don’t play chicken in this debateOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - Q. Why did the chicken cross the road? A. To force civic leaders into protracted discussions about whether the very presence of chickens should be permitted in the subur...
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OK to carry concealed firearmsOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - Illinois should pass a law to allow citizens to carry concealed firearms. Allowing this to happen would lessen the chance of someone walking up to a random person on the...
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Look to Depression history and learnOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - Jim Hader (Fence Post, Sept. 22) may be the only one who knows about a “Greater Depression” of 1920, which lasted only 10 months. On planet Earth, there is nothing that ...
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Let the nonprofits take over? Bad idea.Oct 23, 2011 6:00 am - The Daily Herald has taken the last week to explore the negative impact of delayed state payments to nonprofits who provide services to vulnerable citizens. Isn’t this t...