Opinion Stories from October 5, 2011 (Change date)
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Kane a leader in fiscal stewardshipOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - Jim Fuller’s Sept. 22 article, “Kane County taxpayers say assessments too low,” raises a number of important points about the struggle to keep property taxes as low as p...
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Pray for a stop to this downhill slideOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - Pray for a stop to this downhill slide For years we have educated our children to believe they were not created for any specific purpose because our origins suppose...
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It’s Christie’s temper, not his weightOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - Chris Christie must have spent the last week feeling a bit like one of those bodies on a crime show. He was picked and poked, turned this way and that, examined from hea...
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Show respect for America’s colorsOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - On Saturday Sept. 10, I attended the Wauconda High School homecoming parade along with hundreds of other people. With 9/11 etched in the minds of most Americans, especia...
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Family woes never solved by violenceOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - Family woes never solved by violence The Sept. 28 headline caught my eye: “Former Wheaton candidate acquitted of domestic battery.” I read with disbelief that Wheat...
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Let Sen. Schmidt do her jobOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - The recent uproar over Suzi Schmidt is nothing short of gross hypocrisy. Illinois is near dysfunctional and facing huge problems. If the so-called polital leadership — a...
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Does Romney’s Mormonism matter?Oct 05, 2011 5:00 am - As a Mormon who did his missionary work in France, Mitt Romney knows something of uphill battles. Imagine spreading a faith that renounces smoking, coffee and alcohol in...
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Cain shows tea party is not racistOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - On Saturday, Sept. 24, African American presidential candidate Herman Cain won the Florida straw poll by 37 percent. He beat out front runners Mitt Romney and Rick Perry...
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Focus on adjunct quality, not quantityOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - As a way to save costs, community colleges have increasingly hired adjunct instructors. Bargain that they are, part-timers also allow schools to easily fill gaps and exp...
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Joe Walsh keeps his wordOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - Recently a letter to your column from a Ms. Gross states Joe Walsh is a disgrace to Congress because he won’t attend a speech from Barack Obama, saying it’s his job to d...
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