DuPage County Opinion
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Weekends in jail didn’t fit the crimeSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - You may have read about a pretty little lady named Tami Brown who embezzled nearly a million dollars from the firm at which I work, Engineering Systems Inc. (People of t...
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Moved by paper’s 9/11 coverageSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - I was dreading the rehash of the 9/11 tragedy that propelled our country into a decade of disastrous wars, but the Daily Herald anniversary edition corrected my mood. Yo...
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With God’s help we can handle our trialsSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Let’s take a tour around a typical block in your hometown. We’ll check in on your neighbors, down the block, across the street and right next door. How many of their sce...
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Why doesn’t state befriend business?Sep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Did you read Barron’s recently? Their headline ”Best and Worst Run States”: “As more states begin to get their finances in order, the outlook is brightening for municipa...
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Fair Tax will fix host of financial illsSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Tom Minnerick, in the Sept. 2 Daily Herald, notes that it is wrong to claim we benefit from “Made in China.” When we move production to Red China, the U.S. loses jobs, o...
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Never understood purpose of townshipsSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Having read all about the salaries of our township supervisors, I am still highly confused about the purpose of townships. They are definitely entities that have not one...
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More cheap shots against tea partySep 13, 2011 5:00 am - The tea party movement is getting a share of cheap shots. One was recently published in your Sept. 6 edition, indicating that parading members of the Naperville Tea Part...
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Wildlife center deserves praiseSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - The professionals, staff and volunteers that humanely work to rehabilitate wildlife species at the Willowbrook Wildlife Center merit commendation and laudation. They ha...
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Who’s looking out for Warrenville citizens?Sep 13, 2011 5:00 am - Three years ago this month property owners along the West Branch of the DuPage River upstream of Fawell Dam experienced horrific flooding. Since then I’ve battled with W...
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Gas/oil prices just don’t jibeSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - I would like to know why gas prices are increasing instead of decreasing. At $85 per barrel oil, the corresponding gas price for regular unleaded translates to around $3...