Carpentersville Opinion
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Overnight parking ban needed in ElginAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - I am discouraged that once again the City of Elgin seems to be avoiding taking that final, deep-end plunge to implement a citywide overnight parking ban on its streets. ...
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Let's appreciate all viewpointsAug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Although dated, I refer to an editorial printed several weeks ago on the civility of public opinion; there have been a series of comments posted recently which begs atte...
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Puppies are front-page news?Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - With thousands of people displaced in Georgia, the relationship of the US with Russia in the balance, Russia running wild in a sovereign democracy loyal to the US, the D...
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U.S. can't afford fiscal conservativeAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The reason that voters should reject John McCain in November is that he is a conservative, yes, a reactionary in the mode of Reagan and Bush. According to the Congressio...
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Kidney stone blamed on global warming?Aug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The article in the Daily Herald Aug. 8 of the young man with the damaged kidney caused by a large kidney stone is sad, and I extend my prayers to him. But I must admit t...
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That's no solution to parking problemAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently Elgin resident Fred Moulton gave us his permanent overnight parking ban solution in the Courier News Valley Views column. He proposes a city wide overnight ban ...
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Lessons to learn from library disputeAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The thought of a heated legal battle regarding close to 1,600 acres is not something one would expect to entangle two area library boards. Consider that it's been going ...
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Reader wrong to claim paper biasAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In his Aug. 3 letter, Emilio F. Marcos targets the Daily Herald, Europeans and Barack Obama for criticism. His aim however, is off and he misses badly. He begins by accu...
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Spay/neuter is to stop sufferingAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The letter from Mr. O'Reilly of Chicago disparaging Mayor Daley's effort to support spaying and neutering is ill-informed. Daley's effort is laudable. If a person resear...
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Reflections on church shootingAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the face of such tragedy, what can we do, what can't be done? We can't make our lives and our communities totally safe. We always will be vulnerable to those very fe...