DuPage County Opinion
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Video of Obama proves the pointAug 29, 2011 5:04 am - I invite all of you (including Ms. McQuillan) who doubt the veracity of my letter (Fence Post, July 16) to go to this website to observe the video of our president makin...
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Dist. 57 is reaping money mess it sowedAug 29, 2011 5:04 am - District 57 just called, purporting to be conducting a community survey regarding “the district’s financial situation. (Read: Trying to justify a referendum).” The quest...
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Break social stigma of mental illnessAug 29, 2011 5:04 am - Thank you for your Aug. 22 editorial “Should we really be laughing at this?” As a member and volunteer for the National Alliance on Mental Illness of DuPage County, I ap...
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Nobody solving our flooding problemsAug 29, 2011 5:04 am - Over a week has passed since Lakeside Villas suffered through another solvable flooding problem. No indication from the elected officials at the village, Cook County, or...
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Lake Arlington path gets more dangerousAug 29, 2011 5:04 am - The path around Lake Arlington has become a dangerous obstacle course. No longer is it safe for families, young children, babies in strollers or seniors to simply walk a...
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Article strayed from Ramadan focusAug 29, 2011 5:04 am - Upon opening the Daily Herald Aug. 1, I was disheartened to see writer Madhu Krishnamurthy’s choice of language and focus in the interfaith piece, “Reflection on decade ...
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State officials should be business advocatesAug 29, 2011 5:04 am - It was very disappointing to read less than flattering comments by state Rep. Jack Franks about Sears Holdings Corp. in your newspaper recently. If his comments were lim...
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Here’s a case for year-round schoolAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - In the recent article titled “Easing Kids Back to School,” the teachers expressed concerns that the students need time to “ease” back into learning after the long summer...
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Don’t trust agencies that rate creditAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - According to the geniuses over at Standard & Poor’s, the likelihood of the U.S. to pay its debt obligations is now on par with Virginia Beach and Tulsa. We’re not quite ...
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‘Buy American’ and watch jobs growAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - I often attend town-hall meetings and community forums and witness the cries of “we need to create jobs!” There’s no question that factors related to taxes, incentives, ...