Campton Hills Opinion
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News conference hardly transparentJan 24, 2012 4:00 am - Chris Lauzen, candidate for Kane County Board Chairman, announced Jan. 13 that he would hold a news conference on Jan. 17. I thought I’d go. I was stopped at the door by...
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Terrible ROI on Red Gate bridgeJan 24, 2012 4:00 am - Ask Mayor DeWitte why the taxpayers of St. Charles are paying $120,000 per person for only 500 direct beneficiaries using the Red Gate bridge? The first phase already se...
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Pro life, but not for allJan 22, 2012 4:00 am - So how does a “pro-life” politician treat living things? Pretty poorly it turns out, at least for those living things that the politician doesn’t value. Right-wing extre...
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Quote Obama accuratelyJan 22, 2012 4:00 am - In a Jan. 13 letter to the editor titled “Obama too sure of his successes,” Gene Maril derides President Obama for claiming to be the fourth greatest president ever. His...
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GOP will extend ‘good old days’Jan 21, 2012 5:00 am - The Wall Street Barons who sold fraudulent subprime loans, disguised them as derivatives, and then made billions betting against them, have been immune from prosecution....
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Why follow Grover Norquist?Jan 21, 2012 5:00 am - I just learned that all 11 Republican U.S. Congressmen from Illinois and its lone Republican Senator signed Grover Norquist’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge. That’s the equi...
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Mercury is a neurotoxinJan 21, 2012 5:00 am - I am writing in rebuttal to the letter posted Jan. 15 by Donn Dears titled “EPA’s war against coal a disservice.” First, it must be noted that Mr. Dears is a self-styled...
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Don’t fall for scamJan 21, 2012 5:00 am - I feel that this information needs to get out to all the people in the area, especially the retired people in the Sugar Grove and even the Aurora area. There is a new sc...
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The SoapboxJan 21, 2012 4:00 am - Really, Rosemary? Des Plaines Republican state Rep. Rosemary Mulligan finds herself waging a write-in bid against two others to try to keep the seat she’s held since 19...
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15 yards for kicking Pack when they’re downJan 20, 2012 4:00 am - Your discrimination seems to be showing. Back when the Packers were undefeated, there was next to nothing mentioned in your paper. Maybe a little blurb ... very seldom a...