Campton Hills Opinion
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The SoapboxAug 25, 2012 5:00 am - Don’t sign that bill: Gov. Pat Quinn has one week to decide whether to expand gambling by adding five new casinos and slots at racetracks, including Arlington Park. Whil...
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Don’t politicize Chicago murdersAug 25, 2012 4:40 am - On Aug. 6, The Daily Herald printed a letter to the editor by James A. Wagner of Barrington that is irrational, uninformed, misguided, and slightly prejudiced. Mr. Wagne...
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Thanks to many on storm cleanupAug 25, 2012 4:14 am - Thanks to many on storm cleanup The July 1 microburst ravaged approximately 20 miles of road in unincorporated Winfield Township, leaving residents with huge amount...
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Get income tax code fixedAug 24, 2012 4:40 am - The United States Income Tax Code is more than 70,000 pages and the pages between the binders do not show how to pay income taxes but how to avoid paying them. This appl...
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Editorial: What the emerald ash borer teaches usAug 21, 2012 10:23 am - The term “leafy suburb” is used often enough that it’s become cliché. We love our trees, paying a premium for homes that have large ones, anchoring swings and treehouse...
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The SoapboxAug 18, 2012 6:00 am - Going the extra mile: Teachers at Anne Fox Elementary School in Hanover Park know family involvement is important to students' success, and they went out of their way th...
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Diverse council needed in GenevaAug 17, 2012 4:40 am - At the recent Geneva Council commitee of the whole meeting, the issue of whether or not a liquor license holder has the right to hold an alderman position was on the age...
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Let’s call them Obama tax cutsAug 16, 2012 4:40 am - Letter writer Tom Minnerick thinks President Bush’s policies gave us a recession. Why then did President Obama extend the Bush tax rates twice? I think the tax rates are...
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Income tax part of Marx’s communist planAug 15, 2012 4:40 am - In my last letter I addressed plank one of Marx’s 10 planks of the “Communist Manifesto:” abolition of private property. It could be argued that plank one has not been e...
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Editorial: Turnaround at Lake County Fair encouragingAug 14, 2012 5:00 am - The attendance figures for the 84th annual Lake County Fair, which ended a couple of weeks ago, won’t knock anyone’s socks off. A total of 91,548 visitors, up about 2.8 ...