Carpentersville Opinion
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Income tax should pay brunt of education billJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - In the Daily Herald of May 27, letters from Eric Anderson and Laurel Bault urged the state legislature to pass an income tax increase to further the health and education...
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Thanks for all donations, helpJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The volunteers of F.I.S.H. Food Pantry of Carpentersville would like to thank the postal carriers of Carpentersville and Dundee for the Mother's Day food drive they spon...
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Throw the bums outJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Dear Editor: You keep asking for us to contact our elected officials and give them information on cleaning up Illinois. They would be the last to inform of information, ...
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Reagan doesn't deserve statueJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I don't get it. A statue of Ronald Reagan was recently unveiled in the Capitol rotunda. President Reagan was lucky that he was not impeached. It was under President Reag...
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Moral arguments tired in abortion debateJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Although columnist Cal Thomas seemed somewhat conciliatory toward President Obama's approach to abortion policy, he persisted in reciting many of the tired ideological a...
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Another reason to nix township governmentJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - As a village trustee for East Dundee, I attended the May 19 Dundee Township board meeting at the request of a few individuals who were to petition the board for permissi...
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Plans to fight foreclosure crisisJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I wish to commend and thank the Daily Herald for its coverage of the home foreclosure crisis facing so many of our fellow Fox Valley residents. Most of my friends and ne...
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Health care ills not just private sector problemJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - After reading Alfred Kirkland's letter on health care May 3 I feel compelled to address the errors in his so-called reform of health care. The need for real reform is ob...
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Closing Guantanamo doesn't make senseJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Why is President Obama pressing to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba? We have more than 200 al-Qaida members, Taliban members or just declared haters of America im...
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Concealed carry is right for IllinoisMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Recent events have changed the way people must look at gun control. Last June the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in D.C. vs. Heller that the Second Amendment is indeed an indi...