Carpentersville Opinion
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School funding bill rough on suburbsJun 04, 2016 1:00 am - Pending in Springfield is a bill which seeks to alter the way our schools are funded. Under this bill the majority of the state funding received by suburban communities...
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Press in cahoots with government run amokJun 01, 2016 12:01 am - On the front page of the May 26 edition of the Daily Herald I read about "Surviving a brutal bear attack" and the "Ghosts of Cubs seasons past still linger." Buried on P...
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Ironic Lauzen still pushing toll planMay 30, 2016 1:01 am - It's ironic, according to Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen, that he supports the Longmeadow Bridge and toll project since he doesn't like tollways (James Fuller a...
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Longmadow vote not result of wordingMay 29, 2016 1:01 am - With all due respect to Chairman Lauzen and anyone else making the ridiculous claim that the reason the Longmeadow referendum turned out the way it did, 8,000 against th...
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Editorial: Elgin mural discussion needed, but it's a decade lateMay 21, 2016 2:00 pm - For at least 10 years, no one publicly questioned a mural placed in downtown Elgin. With no sign explaining it, those who passed it on a pedestrian walkway were unaware ...
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Elgin parking not accessible enoughMay 20, 2016 12:01 am - Every year we go down to Southern Illinois for my family reunion. Last year we drove through Herrin, Illinois, a small town of about 12,000 people. The sidewalks were cr...
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Should we cede Africa to ISIS?May 18, 2016 12:01 am - If Trump is elected president and follows through with his foreign policy based on "American First" with little understanding or regard for alliances, negotiations or pe...
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Another case of federal overreachMay 17, 2016 12:01 am - The recent conflict between North Carolina and the U.S. Government over "bathroom laws" is just another example of Federal Government overreach. The U.S. Constitution sa...
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Starbucks too-much-ice suit wasn't newsMay 09, 2016 1:00 am - Shame on the Daily Herald for placing the article about the frivolous lawsuit filed against Starbucks for too much ice and not enough liquid on the front page of the May...
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What's left, with Trump the nominee?May 09, 2016 1:00 am - Everyone remembers traumatic events in their lives. We all recall when we found out there was no Santa Claus, that our parents were in fact both the Easter Bunny and the...