Carpentersville Opinion
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Lower taxes on rich to help rest of usAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Let's reduce taxes on the rich! Everyone wants to be wealthy! Take a survey and 9 out of 10 people will say they want to be rich. Why then do most politicians want to in...
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Time to play hard ball with bad guysAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - If the experts can use the term "so called" on the war on terror, then I can infer they are "so-called" security analysts and jump in the fray with my report. At the ris...
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Not the time to relinquish controlAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - This responds to the editorial titled "Settle the District U-46 Bias Suit Soon," published in the Daily Herald Aug. 15. It's time that the members of this community unde...
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Raise income tax to support schoolsAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - In Illinois we have very little pork in our state budget. But we have to work on the logic of taxing the poorest in Illinois to pay for our services. In Illinois if you ...
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Experience doesn't equal effectivenessAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Experience counts? How about judgment? Sen. John McCain's chief political adviser, Randy Scheunemann, and his company received over $250,000 this year alone lobbying fo...
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Elgin parking ban just won't workAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to know who is going to dig out the cars on the side of the street that gets plowed in when we have a snow storm? Also where do I put the leaves? I can't af...
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Bean not standing up for constituentsAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - As a citizen of Melissa Bean's district it is important that we know what kind of contributions our current representative is accepting from PACs. Campaigning should not...
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The ultimate form of recyclingAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - My idea of cremation for everyone is large forests where the ashes are placed under each new tree. When the trees are mature, the products from them are used to pay and ...
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What's wrong with riding on sidewalk?Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The bike lane on Walnut Avenue (in Elgin) comes with some hazard to both motorists and bicyclists. My own experience occurred when I attempted to make a right turn onto ...
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GOP lending an ear to residentsAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to thank the Illinois House Republicans for actually LISTENING to families in the Northwest Suburbs. Recently, I was able to speak with Anita Forte-Scott ab...