Editorials
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DuPage anti-bullying efforts can be a modelFeb 26, 2011 11:00 pm - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board As a state task force gets ready to submit a report to the governor and legislature this week on how to address the growing bullying ...
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Too cozy for taxpayersFeb 25, 2011 11:00 pm - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board There would seem to be a natural adversarial relationship between someone who assesses the value of property for local governments an...
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The SoapboxFeb 25, 2011 1:00 am - Regional outlook: As Rahm Emanuel prepares to replace Richard Daley as mayor of Chicago, we add our voice to the chorus from suburban leaders reacting to his victory las...
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Fine compromise on DuPage mosques, churchesFeb 24, 2011 12:00 am - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board Following months of wrangling, packed meetings and heated rhetoric, DuPage County Board members finally seem to have hit upon a good ...
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Review state tax structureFeb 23, 2011 12:00 am - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board Gov. Pat Quinn served up a platter full of idealism in his speech last week. While deftly avoiding any specifics in his budget propos...
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Hope from invigorated neighborhoodsFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - The images are all too familiar in troubled times. Empty storefronts dominate the strip malls that were once symbols, if somewhat crassly so, of suburban economic vitali...
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Striking a balance in WisconsinFeb 21, 2011 12:00 am - Throngs gather around the center of government. Electrified with emotion. Chanting slogans. Demanding change. Refusing to leave. A scene from Cairo or Tunisia or Tripoli...
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The diversity in our neighborhoodsFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - The numbers tell a dramatic story. In DuPage County, the white population has actually fallen in the past 10 years, a decline of 6 percent, according to the U.S. Census ...
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The Soapbox: Good citizensFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - Fearing retribution, witnesses sometimes keep quiet about gang-related crimes. Residents of an apartment complex in Prospect Heights deserve credit for steering police t...
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Innovation and school consolidationFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The suburbs are home to loads of public school systems. Just under 300 of them, all told, located here in the six-county area around Chicago. That represents about a thi...