DuPage County Opinion
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Are gas stations ripping up off?Oct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Over time I have, when purchasing gasoline, made a series of observations and I wonder if anyone else has noticed the same thing. The next time you buy gas check this ou...
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Don’t punish those who succeedOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Don’t punish those who succeed Punishing any group of citizens to compensate for a lack of control in spending by government is treason. If any group should be puni...
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Roskam flyer message hypocriticalOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Roskam flyer message hypocritical I received a piece of mail from Congressman Peter Roskam, Illinois’ 6th District. On the front side it says, “It’s time to force W...
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Bureaucrats poor judge of studentsOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Bureaucrats poor judge of students Are state tests testing what we are teaching in our schools? Who needs them? The Illinois State Board of Education should be abo...
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GOP obstructionism sabotages all of usOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Recently, every Republican senator, including Mark Kirk, voted to obstruct discussion of President Obama’s American Jobs Act. This was not a vote on the bill itself, but...
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To not know the tea party is to love itOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - In the Herald’s Oct. 2 coverage of the tea party convention, Rep. Joe Walsh inadvertently explained its true effect upon the country so far by stating, “We have a built-...
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‘Commuter tax’ another weight on poorOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Once again, we see more ways in which our elected officials are trying to take more money from the people with the so-called “commuter tax” idea being discussed, taxing ...
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Where have all the tax dollars gone?Oct 22, 2011 5:00 am - Where have all the tax dollars gone? Am I the only one who wants to know where has all the tax monies have gone that are still being collected? I still pay taxes .....
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Why do we bother with speed limits?Oct 22, 2011 5:00 am - We drove to Wisconsin recently via I-90 from Route 20 to the Illinois border. The construction zone speed limit is 45 mph with fines of $375 minimum. I set my cruise con...
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Blaming public workers has to stopOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - I thought I would take a minute to respond to Ronald Fuchs who recently wrote a letter to eliminate all government worker pensions. On behalf of the police officers who ...