Campton Hills Opinion
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Writer should do more homeworkJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - After reading Chris Jenner's letter on the Opinion page in the July 9 issue I was scratching my head. Simply saying that our state general assembly is "beholden" to the ...
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Shame on council for messing with rebatesJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - It's hard to believe that our Elgin leaders we voted into office want to take our $200 senior citizen tax rebate and give us instead vouchers to spend downtown. Many sen...
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Is it treason or patriotism?Jul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - The Fourth of July is a celebration of our Declaration of Independence from England. It is the document declaring we have the inalienable rights to life, liberty and the...
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Our health care is irrationalJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - I'll be 65 in September, and I am getting signed up for Medicare and its drug component, Part D. I take seven prescription drugs. I shop for my drugs on the Internet and...
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With library you'll find accountabilityJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Transparency, accountability, responsibility - actions we all seem to desire from our federal and state governments. Depending upon who you talk to, we need or don't nee...
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Saturday Soapbox: New Jersey, you make us look goodJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - More than 40 people in New Jersey, including three mayors and two state lawmakers, were arrested Thursday in the state's latest large corruption probe, an investigation ...
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Health care fix a long time comingJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - George Will in his June 28 column said the "Health-care 'fix' is something we'll likely regret." Is he joking? Who hasn't sat at their physician's office, watching lunch...
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Thanks for support of theater and kidsJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Steel Beam Theatre is a professional, non-equity theater in historic downtown St. Charles across from the Hotel Baker. Founded in 2001 by Donna Steele, SBT produces qual...
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Talk of wind power full of hot airJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The Our View "Keep clean energy ..." article requires amplification. Your conclusion that local communities need ordinances covering wind turbines is on the mark, assumi...
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The owners, not the dogs, are to blameJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The controversy over ownership of dogs such as pit bulls and Rottweilers has been ongoing for some time in Elgin and has ranged from free ownership without any strings a...