Carpentersville Opinion
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Frontier violated basic escrow rulesApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - When Frontier Airlines declared bankruptcy, it mentioned higher fuel costs, less traffic and that its credit card processor was withholding more money for advanced ticke...
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Greenberg is right for the 8th DistrictApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm writing today to commend Steve Greenberg, the Republican candidate for Congress in the 8th District. He recently conducted a tele-town hall that I participated in. T...
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Animal shelter gets government fundsApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In a recent article about the need for homes for barn cats at Anderson Animal Shelter, it was mentioned that Anderson receives no government funding. Yet it does. It ha...
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State budget impasse must be resolvedApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently I joined with my colleagues in the state Senate to pass a plan for ending the bitter budget debate that has plagued Springfield for the better part of a year no...
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Arguing again for a six-year presidentApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Seeing George W. Bush in office for two terms was quite numbing. This is a perfect example of the importance of a proposal that fell on deaf ears many years ago, that ha...
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Animal shelter gets government fundsApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Animal shelter gets government funds In a recent article about the need for homes for barn cats at Anderson Animal Shelter, it was mentioned that Anderson receives no go...
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What goes around, comes around againApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - I attended the April 1 Carpentersville Village Board meeting at which President Bill Sarto and Trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski tried to oust Paul Humpfer from his electe...
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Good sense and free speech lost amid all the contrived rancorApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Even after nearly a quarter-century in the news business, there remain moments when I want to stand on my desk screaming, "Have you people lost your ever-lovin' minds?" ...
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No Olympic venues on our local landsApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - No Olympic venues on our local lands Regarding the April 8 Daily Herald story on new candidates opposing incumbent commissioners, we at Voters For Preservation believe o...
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...