Campton Hills Opinion
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A few ways to deal with leaping taxesOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Your real estate tax assessment shows another jump. Used to be, we suffered from creeping taxes -- now it's leaping taxes. Two of our dearest neighbor s are packing it i...
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Thanks for help on rain-soaked dayOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Neither snow, sleet nor freezing rain shall ever ... hey wait it wasn't freezing rain, but it was drenching and this is not about the postal service but the hardy runner...
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Support is there for disconnectionOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - In response to Bill Bauman's letter to the editor (Oct. 23), we would like equal time to be heard. I have nothing to do with any developers. Neither do the people I am w...
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Frustrated U-46 teachers send out a familiar messageOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - They are split down the middle. Tired of elected policy-makers ignoring their concerns and making silence a response. Tired of their boss getting rich while they do all ...
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Wars about winning, not their durationOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Meredith Bettcher's Oct. 5 letter said the war in Iraq has been going on too long. Wars generally continue until one side wins. Jihadists take a solemn oath to Allah, to...
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Soapbox: A bad precedent hereOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Arguing that creating a new town is a lot of work seems a bit bizarre when the person making the argument is Patsy Smith, the woman who led incorporation efforts and the...
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Soapbox: Learn from a lucky breakOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Randall Visor should feel lucky. The Batavia man, who is responsible for the deaths of four people 10 years ago in a drunken-driving accident, and for driving without a ...
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Soapbox: Big bucks for over-budget buildingOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - One would think that $48.7 million is plenty of money to construct College of DuPage's new Technology Education Center. But officials at the Glen Ellyn college have lear...
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Christian faith heart of true moralityOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - In an Oct. 13 letter, Robert B. Morgan of Elburn asserted that a belief in God is not necessary for morality, that religion has done more harm than good for society and ...
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Bailing out Chicago transit systems nutsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - I am very much against a bailout from Springfield of the transportation system for Chicago and the surrounding area. Most of the time when I see a Pace bus, there are an...