Campton Hills Opinion
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Pay our heroes what they deserveMay 18, 2008 11:00 pm - I feel the heroes of communities -- firefighters, EMTs, and teachers -- are not getting the pay and the recognition they deserve. These people help lives every day in th...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fox ValleyMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Schools can help as well as educate A good school district is central to a community in providing education and guidance for students. In times of crisis, a school can a...
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Phil Page deserves our gratitudeMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Over the last 21 years, Phil Page served Geneva as our only city administrator. Through his quiet leadership he helped Geneva grow from 10,000 to over 23,000 residents...
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Whose math are you using?May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone has seen the reports of declining math scores in this country. Unfortunately, there is evidence of this within the "get-out" citizenry of the village of Campton...
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Burn complaints ignored by cityMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - How is it that we just gave the St. Charles Fire Department a $300,000 raise to help service Wayne and St. Charles near Wayne, yet when those of us who live there call 9...
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Nicor needs to collect debts dueMay 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Nicor wants to increase gas prices. Why? Because it can't or doesn't want to push collecting past due bills from customers who are delinquent. Nicor wants to penalize th...
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Humor at what expense?May 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Patrick J. Dalton's excellent letter to Fence Post describing Bill Maher's Catholic bigotry is but one example of a growing number of contemporary comedians who seem to ...
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Barack Obama is considerateMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Look up the term "considerate" in the dictionary and what do you find? "Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circum...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fox ValleyMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A nice how-do-you-do It was a pleasant surprise for one of our soapbox writers to get a voice mail at home Monday afternoon from Jose Torres, who was named superintenden...
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Why do we allow brush burningMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I have never written to any newspaper to express my opinion before though many times I have felt the urge to do so. Today I decided the urge was strong enough to take a ...