Bartlett Opinion
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Saturday Soapbox: You did your best, Hersey parentsApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - So now it's time to watch what happens. As many parents, students and even former students objected, the District 214 school board on Thursday reduced the orchestra prog...
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Saturday Soapbox: U-46 doubling the defenseApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Some Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers will do double duty later today when they participate in a martial arts self-defense course at Eastview Middle School in Ba...
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Why it might really pay to be lucky rather than goodApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I think I first heard the expression on the golf course. A guy skulls a short pitch shot. Instead of a highly lofted shot that lands softly on the green, it takes off li...
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Property taxes add to mortgage crisisApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Much has been written recently about rising home mortgages in the face of the credit crisis and adjustable rate mortgages and the like. But overlooked in the discussion ...
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Will we ever end state corruption?Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I am appalled at the recent testimony and ongoing trial of Mr. Rezko. It seems that in Illinois politics, you can change the person, you can change the party yet you st...
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Greenberg is right for the 8th DistrictApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm writing today to commend Steve Greenberg, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 8th District. He recently conducted a tele-town hall that I participated in. T...
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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Time for a little spring cleaningApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Another spring is on the way and Bartlett is dirtier than ever. Everywhere you look, garbage litters the streets, the parkways, fences and shrubbery. I have spoken on nu...
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Company trying to split communitiesApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National is attempting to pit the residents of the 80 communities Canadian National trains currently pass through against the "over-privileged" residents of Bar...