Carpentersville Opinion
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Laws could diminish weather extremesSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - We all remember the 2008 Midwest flood - the "500-year storms" that dropped 12 inches of rain above normal in areas of Illinois and damaged homes and businesses across L...
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Elgin rehab program good for communitySep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - I have an idea that the person who wrote about the flaws of the rehab program in Elgin doesn't know much about what is happening in Elgin with homes that have been vacat...
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Don't empower larger evilsSep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - On Page 18 of the Sept. 10 edition, you show a U.S. flag being burned by lawyers in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the whole world is supposedly up in arms about a minister from a...
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Parker's Muslim column hereticalSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I understand that this is mostly a letter and thoughts of the writer - columnist Kathleen Parker - but she must have not said that everyone in America thinks like her. I...
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Tax cuts are not givebacksSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - On Sept. 15, the Daily Herald ran a political cartoon in which a man, pointing to a GOP elephant dressed as Robin Hood, tells his wife, "Says he's stealing from our gran...
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Print better opposing viewsSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I had to read the Sept. 14 Fence Post letter by Helen Clark of Algonquin three times before I could make any sense at all of her assertion that the "foreigners" living h...
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Government excess not just about fedsSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald opinion piece, "Fines must be linked to public safety," hit the nail on the head. What the Daily Herald has exposed is a growing trend in local governme...
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Why no voice on NYC Greek Orthodox church?Sep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Our "committed Christian" president is in favor of the so-called cultural center, aka mosque, near ground zero in New York City. Certainly, he's entitled to his opinion....
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Tell us how to appeal assessmentsSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - The deadlines to file an appeal of the 2010 property assessments are quickly approaching for many suburban townships. Most property owners are unaware that they will not...
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Brady budget plan full of holesSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - On Aug. 10, 2010 the Herald-Whig, (whig.com/story/news/Bill-Brady-081010), reported that gubernatorial candidate Brady said he would balance the state's budget in the fi...