DuPage County Opinion
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Don’t cut trains or raise faresJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - What Metra does not need is a fare increase. It’s already $9 round trip from Arlington Heights and $13 round trip from Crystal Lake to Chicago. It’s ridiculously expensi...
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Walk in a teacher’s shoes, then set policyJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - Earlier this month our governor decided to scrap the state writing test to save $2.4 million. This is a very small savings in the overall cost of education and a perfect...
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Government has ability to pay its billsJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - If we don’t raise the debt ceiling is the government really going to default on its debt? Is the government really totally out of money? According to columnist Eugene Ro...
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Error shouldn’t have been publishedJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - On July 16, a letter was printed from reader who accused President Obama of lying about the military service of his father. She is mistaken. Barack Obama has referred ma...
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Compromise not a bad word on debtJul 28, 2011 7:00 pm - As if the complexities of the debt ceiling debate were not confounding enough by themselves, political debate over the issue has become so steeped in vitriol and bluster...
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GOP not working for the common goodJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - It is appalling that our country has the debt crisis that it does. We can thank the Bush administration and the Republicans for the financial ruin that the United States...
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‘Legal’ fake pot doesn’t mean it’s safeJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Monday’s front-page picture of a car that plowed into a house in Aurora is stunning enough. The young man’s photo above it makes it tragic. Max Dobner had left his home...
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Saving energy takes patienceJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - One of Al Gore’s recent statements hits the nail on the head: “Climate change is not your fault, but it is our problem.” We have raised the average temperature of the ea...
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Money is there for the truly needyJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - I read with great amusement that the argument that too many citizens pay no federal income tax is a fallacy because “they do pay payroll taxes.” Surely anyone with even ...
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Wheaton’s music in park a huge successJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - A huge thank you needs to be given to the sponsors of the Fourth Annual Music in the Park held on July 22 at Memorial Park in Wheaton. Leading them is First Trust Portfo...