Burlington Opinion
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Don’t cut short kids’ educationOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing to voice my concern and my rejection of Senate Bill 400 and Amendment 3 of the bill. I support schools and reject any cuts in funding because the students a...
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Farnham shows he cares about seniorsOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - I am a resident of Village Green in East Dundee and would like to thank State Rep. Keith Farnham for holding a recent senior fraud prevention seminar with Attorney Gener...
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Prairie State scores continue to flagOct 11, 2011 5:00 am - To say that there is a crisis in the Illinois educational system would be an understatement. In Illinois, all high school juniors take the Prairie State Achievement Exam...
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Smoothen out bad Route 20 repaveOct 11, 2011 5:00 am - The current resurfacing project on Route 20 in Elgin needs attention. Last week, the inside eastbound and inside westbound lanes were opened after resurfacing while the ...
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Extending tax deal pushes Sears awayOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - Community Unit District 300, one of the largest school districts in Illinois by area, covers 118 square miles and reaches into 15 municipalities in Kane, McHenry, Cook a...
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Extend ‘el’ all the way to HuntleyOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - In response to the proposed tollway increases, I would like to know: If the increases are to rebuild the tollway, why are we repaving the tollway now; why not wait until...
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Less government means less wasteOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - The answer to the plea of a recent letter writer, who is also President of Kendall County Democratic Women, to pass Obama’s recent jobs bill can be found in Hamilton’s F...
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Elgin cops restored order in neighborhoodOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - Kudos to the Elgin Police Department. A couple weeks ago, our quiet neighborhood was unexpectedly interrupted by a family that rented a home. As a group of concerned nei...
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Time for Sears to pay fair shareOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - I’m deeply disappointed in the attempts by legislators to extend the Sears economic development agreement and the lack of transparency in how the tax breaks have been us...
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Middle class will take one for teamOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - The “class wars” have been proclaimed between the rich and the middle class. I think we can predict the outcome by looking at another “war” that is being waged in profes...