Carpentersville Opinion
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Harsh rhetoric isn't same as real debateMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Politics has been defined as the art of the possible. This must involve compromise to reach a solution. Unfortunately, many issues in our society will not be solved due ...
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Looking for orphan train riders, kinMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - In its 20th season, Children's Theatre of Elgin and Fox Valley Theatre Company's founders, David and Peter Akemann, created a story that will entertain and educate its a...
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Saturday Soapbox: Those ringing phonesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A bill has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly that would ban those annoying "robo-calls" from politicians seeking your vote. You have to like this bill, t...
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When did we join the Axis of Evil?Mar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - For perhaps the first time in seven years of an evil, totalitarian, benighted administration, we are confronted with the truth. The president of the United States suppo...
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Hastert departure was a disserviceMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Had former Speaker Dennis Hastert served his full term, none of the special election problems would exist. For whatever selfish or self-serving reasons he had for leavin...
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Abstinence beats condoms vs. STDsMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - As a family physician, I was deeply concerned upon reviewing the March 12 article regarding the prevalence of STDs in teenage girls and the limitations of teaching absti...
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Carpentersville pair in minority hereMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The ongoing saga that is the Carpentersville board and its president, Bill Sarto, is not only embarrassing but has turned pathetic. Sarto seems to have a personal agend...
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Local gas tax totally irresponsible ideaMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I find it absolutely irresponsible that we raised our local gas taxes in a time of recession or some call it a slowing economy, in any case not good. And didn't we just ...
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Financial house of cards a big threatMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Instead of some the irrelevant questions that will be asked of the presidential candidates in the fall debates, one I would love to hear asked is this: Can the U.S. affo...
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Searching for what's best on school safetyMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - As a nation, we've been searching for answers since April 20, 1999, when two troubled students turned Columbine High School in Colorado into a mass murder scene. As resi...