Carpentersville Opinion
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Obama just one more in a long lineMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Ninety percent of Blacks (and many Hispanics) vote Democratic. Ninety percent of blacks are voting for Barack Obama. Chicago, Cook County and Illinois Democratic politi...
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Saturday Soapbox: Doubtful predictionMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - With people counting their pennies in these harsh economic times, it's possible Carpentersville's new 2-cent-per-gallon gas tax won't generate the $250,000 it expects. P...
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Too many boarders core of snow mess?Mar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - According to Elgin's occupancy standards, each homeowner is allowed up to two unrelated boarders. In the past, this may have been just a footnote, but I believe this is...
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Can we afford to ignore capital plan?Mar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - During the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was widely lauded for his investment in infrastructure. While controversial, this economic theory has proved corre...
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Dumping Electoral College a bad ideaMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - By all means, get rid of the Electoral College. That way, we only have to hold elections in the large cities. We can let one group elect the leaders for the rest of us....
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God's Gym mess provokes questionsMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Elgin taxpayers should be concerned. The way the city of Elgin handled the God's Gym issue was predictable. Elgin's elected officials should be required to answer the m...
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Oberweis the best choice for CongressMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Bill Foster mailed out literature implying that Jim Oberweis is in bed with China because he wants to trade with China. I am old enough to remember when we citizens hat...
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Softer Foster tone what district needsMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - There are plenty of reasons for 14th District voters to be skeptical about Jim Oberweis. His stated policies on illegal immigration pander to xenophobes and bigots rathe...
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Foster will address district's concernsMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - It has been awhile since Democrats and independents have had their concerns for health care, economic stability and the waste, fraud and abuse that is the war in Iraq ad...
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Send message, vote Foster on March 8Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - It is time to elect a Democrat to be our representative. Vote for Bill Foster if you are fed up with the dishonest and hypocritical government we have had to endure ove...