Carpentersville Opinion
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Soapbox: Sickening swims; benefits of publicity?Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Anybody but us think it shouldn't take an Illinois Department of Public Health warning to know it isn't wise to let pets cavort in human swimming pools? Yet some pet lov...
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Lies produced spills of differing importAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Generally, I'm not a fan of letters to the editor that are responses to someone else's response to someone else's letter, but I just couldn't let the Aug. 8 letter from ...
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All pit votes should have been 'no'Aug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - All pit votes should have been 'no' Congratulations to the three zoning appeals board members who voted "no" at the July 26 public meeting. My question to the three who ...
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Jones acting like a politician at the end of his runAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - If this year's legislative session is any indication, Democratic Senate President Emil Jones Jr. appears like a politician at the end of his run. The old-school lawmaker...
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Wanted by disillusioned public: leadersAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - While candidates and pundits wonder endlessly if a presidential wannabe is black enough or woman enough, too Mormon, too liberal or too conservative, voters and taxpaye...
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It is about money, and using it on kidsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - It is about money, and using it on kids "It's not about the money." Those are words of District 303's new superintendent. Let's hope that's not an indication of his per...
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Newspaper part of 'fugitive' problemAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Regarding the front page article Sunday about Elvira Arellano. I feel compelled to complain about your effort to idolize and victimize a person I consider to be an examp...
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Emotion, conflict help put life in budget storiesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Budget stories always present a quandary for newspapers. On one hand, tracking how governments spend tax money is one of the most important things we do in a democracy....
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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Maybe Janet Reno could oust fugitiveAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Where's Janet Reno when you need her? Here we've got an illegal alien, Elvira Arellan, holed up in a church in Chicago, and no one seems to know how to extract her and d...