Burlington Opinion
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'Highly paid' label simplistic, inaccurateNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - I was disappointed to read the article in Sunday's newspaper claiming that teachers are "highly paid." The article based that statement on estimations of average salarie...
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Meeting on illegal immigrants a farceOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - The immigration meeting at the Hemmens Auditorium was nothing short of a farce. As it was being taped, only harmless and inane questions were chosen by the mayor so tha...
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Giving dead a day helps ease pain and celebrate the lifeOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - This past Friday would have been Jack Mabley's 92nd birthday. He died on Jan. 7 of last year. I miss him and still keep his Daily Herald nameplate in my cubicle to make ...
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Ailment, apparently contagious, strikes U-46 board againOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - No more doubt exists. Whatever malady it is that infects the sitting president of any Elgin School District U-46 School Board and turns them into chattering gerbils, Ken...
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Let private groups take stadium risksOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald favors McHenry County College's plan to build a minor league baseball stadium as part of a planned expansion ("MCC expansion plan worth second look," Oc...
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Wild-eyed left needs to simply grow upOct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Impeachment? It is time for the Bush-hating simpletons of the left wing to grow up. The president, who these MoveOn.org types hate so vehemently, will soon be out of off...
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State government fails us completelyOct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - I am glad the governor rejected the higher speed for trucks. You can go on any road or street in the state and nobody is doing the speed limit, so who needs a law? I dri...
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Soapbox: Getting in the gameOct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Getting in the game The stands are starting to fill with towns interested in hosting the minor league baseball team Crystal Lake just nixed. Huntley met with Frontier L...
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Look closely at Y plan's numbersOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - I am a former business man from Elgin, now retired. Knowing the improbable decisions made by the city council, I like to follow the news from Elgin in the local papers. ...
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Christians have no corner on moralsOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Morality is a system of judging behavior by an objective standard of goodness or evil. To say that Christianity has a corner on this notion is to demonstrate the closed...