Burlington Opinion
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What does next executive order hold?Oct 14, 2013 4:40 am - What does next executive order hold? Too bad our lawmakers didn’t think it was important to support the World War II veterans in their quest to see the memorial ere...
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Boehner kowtows to Tea Party extremistsOct 13, 2013 4:40 am - Boehner kowtows to Tea Party extremists John Boehner, speaker of the House, is more interested in placating the Tea Party extremists in his Republican majority than...
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The SoapboxOct 12, 2013 5:00 am - Budgetary perspective in Elgin: Elgin city councilmen are not sure about eliminating business license fees because they worry about losing revenue. The fees are projecte...
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Not all blessed to have insuranceOct 10, 2013 11:01 am - Not all blessed to have insurance Today there are so many ways that we and our legislators are hurting the least among us. The shutdown of the government because so...
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Thanks to all who helped health expoOct 07, 2013 5:00 am - On behalf of the Hanover Township officials, staff and volunteers, I would like to thank the residents, event sponsors and vendors for their support and attendance at th...
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No one gets 'Chopped' in our cooking contestOct 06, 2013 5:00 am - As the director of news and matrix operations, DuPage and Fox Valley editions, I have many important duties. One involves carting the framed portraits of staff service a...
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The SoapboxOct 05, 2013 5:00 am - No storming the barricades: What a relief that a long-planned trip for Chicago-area veterans to visit the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., could go on despite ...
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Recalling Freedom Rider days of ‘65Oct 02, 2013 4:40 am - Recalling Freedom Rider days of ‘65 I recently saw “The Butler” and I have to say that it was great. It was also very disturbing to me. You see, I was with what I t...
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Soapboxing on radical-turned-speaker Bill AyersSep 29, 2013 5:00 am - Sunday Soapbox. Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is my Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, and shamel...
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Editorial: Truancy, heroin problems are intertwinedSep 27, 2013 5:00 am - If you read Sunday’s paper you may have seen two stories — one about Naperville’s unified attack on heroin use, the other about Kane County’s runaway truancy problem. Wh...