Burlington Opinion
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Cook Co. fencepostMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Good to have comprehensive plan Mount Prospect fire officials are to be commended for putting a federal grant to good use, coming up with a comprehensive plan for how lo...
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Fox Valley fencepostMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Good deed, bad deed Elgin Mayor Ed Schock and wife, Karen, were trying to help a troubled young woman, taking her in when she had nowhere to go. They were repaid by her...
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So bamboozled that fertilizer is caviar?Mar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - I have been sitting here reading stories about Obama's "great speech" on race and racial relations. The speech I saw wasn't great by any stretch of the imagination. One...
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Special election reveals problemsMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - It has been reported that more than 75 percent of registered voters did not vote on March 8. This was a disgraceful lack of respect for freedom and the system that Ameri...
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Attention-getters aren't always what sell newspapersMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We strive for a front page that, rather than concentrating on the lure of death and destruction, is teeming with the activities of real life. ...
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No immunity for phone companiesMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Congress must oppose retroactive immunity for phone companies that participated in the Bush-Cheney administration's warrantless surveillance program. Also, it must see ...
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A heaping of Foster praise -- for what?Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - In a spate of recent letters, Bill Foster supporters cannot seem to heap enough praise on their choice for representative in the 14th U.S. House District. But Foster wa...
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Hyphen, not history, heart of our problemMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, Sen. Barack Obama denounced statements made by his pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, saying the statements were "incendiary and that I completely reject th...
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What's behind North American Union?<Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - What is this North American Union all about? Has anyone heard from the media notifying the public about this issue? People should begin to ask questions before things ...
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222 Locust stands in the way of progressMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - I recently read yet another crime report about the subsidized housing building most Elginites know as "222 Locust." This time it was a drug bust in which the police arre...