DuPage County Opinion
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School reform bill is just a startJun 25, 2011 3:00 am - We have all read about the “big” school reforms signed into law by Gov Quinn. I just finished reading the 111-page SB 7 and remind the public that tenure one of the bigg...
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Thanks, from Boy Scout Troop 21Jun 24, 2011 3:00 am - On behalf of Boy Scout Troop 21, we would like to thank those who sponsored our first pancake breakfast fundraiser at the West Chicago Blooming Fest. Each year, our troo...
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Put common sense back in fireams lawsJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - The right to carry arms is for self-protection. The Constitution was written by generally common-sense farmers and businessmen. The time was after the Revolutionary War ...
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Support in-state hospital groupJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Centegra Health System and its predecessor organizations have supported the Northwest suburbs for more than 100 years. I believe that Centegra is a better choice to cont...
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Radiation series had little basis in scienceJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Fear sells newspapers, but perpetuating ignorance shouldn’t be how the Daily Herald makes money. Shouldn’t the Daily Herald have a higher ethical standard? The series on...
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Real reform needed for workers’ compJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - While House Bill 1698 was a start, it fell short of meaningful workers’ comp reform that we need to ease the burden on employers and make Illinois more attractive to bus...
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DuPage pol’s job strictly 9 to 5Jun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Is a politician’s job a 9-to-5 thing? From all I hear, the answer is an emphatic “No.” Not long ago, Kerry Lester, our political writer, traveled to Washington, D.C., to...
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Lesson in hate from the liberal leftJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Now that the mainstream/tabloid journalists from the NY Times, NBC, ABC, CBS and a few others have chased Sarah Palin around like guppies chasing a piece of bread on a f...
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Let’s save, not dismantle AmtrakJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - As Washington talks of dramatic spending cuts, Amtrak looms as a victim. House Republicans are talking about killing Amtrak’s long-distance trains. Forty-two percent of ...
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Unions created middle classJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Union membership has never been more than 30 percent of the workforce. What that 30 percent did was establish the middle class by raising wages, creating a 40-hour workw...