Carpentersville Opinion
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Hampshire VFW had great fundraiserSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - Hampshire Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8043 and Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank the members, Hampshire/Burlington and surrounding area community for the cooperatio...
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Who cares about Sarah Palin?Sep 24, 2011 4:00 am - Why is anyone still wondering if Sarah Palin will get into the presidential race? She is the most irrelevant person in the entire field, if not the world. Does anyone re...
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GOP loves construction; why not Obama’s plan?Sep 24, 2011 4:00 am - On Sept. 8, President Obama urged Congress to pass his American Jobs Act: “Pass this jobs bill, and we can put people to work rebuilding America. Everyone here knows we ...
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Don’t solve ills on backs of unionsSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - In the last two weeks I watched hours of footage covering the 9/11 attacks, and the 10 years since at ground zero. There was a common thread running through everything I...
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For GOP, it’s ‘all about them’Sep 24, 2011 4:00 am - Republicans say we cannot tax the “job creators.” This makes no sense. Job creators create jobs to serve markets and make profits. If an opportunity exists to serve new ...
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Many made Heritage Fest a successSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - During the weekend of Sept. 16-18, West Dundee held its 14th annual Heritage Fest. We were blessed with wonderful weather for two days, a great sense of community spirit...
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Food pantry event a rousing successSep 23, 2011 4:00 am - The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry thanks the community for their support of “Be a Neighbor-Feed a Neighbor” Day Sept. 10. The donations at grocery a...
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We’re nuts to extend FICA tax cutSep 23, 2011 4:00 am - It seems that almost every day we hear claims, dire predictions and warnings from the conservative media that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme that will soon be bankrup...
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Obama shouldn’t mess in union negotiationsSep 23, 2011 4:00 am - President Obama’s speech before the joint session of Congress kept mentioning jobs, yet he never specially brought any ideas to the surface except public sector unions i...
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Schools should keep social media policies currentSep 22, 2011 4:00 am - School officials have long cautioned employees against inappropriate relationships with students. Headlines about criminal charges attest that such relationships sometim...