Carpentersville Opinion
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No surprise we're ripped off at pumpsAug 23, 2015 12:00 am - If the Whiting refinery's reduced production is affecting supply and causing a price spike, why is gas at the pump in Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin 30-40 cents per gal...
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Rethink support of Longmeadow plan?Aug 20, 2015 12:00 am - To the village officials of West Dundee: Hear that whooshing noise? That's the sound of more of your retail businesses (read "tax revenues") fleeing from your village to...
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Editorial: Towns showing how to attain goal of diversityAug 19, 2015 1:00 am - Last month, we commented on the resignation of an African American Lake in the Hills trustee who said she was moving out of the McHenry County town to Evanston because o...
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Bobcat hunting a terrible ideaAug 17, 2015 1:00 am - Cecil the lion is dead. Why? Some coward with a cruel, sadistic heart thought it was "fun" to see a magnificent creation of God's suffer and die; to watch the light go o...
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Elgin's dangerous Chihuahua, Toby Keith's bar, other news from dog days of summerAug 16, 2015 1:00 am - Sunday Soapbox. All-about-dogs-more-or-less edition. One Daily Herald editor offers semi-bite-sized bits of wit and wisdom on news from the suburbs in the past week. ...
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Rauner ending hope with vulture modelAug 14, 2015 12:00 am - Manufacturing a crisis has given governors the green light to slash programs, threaten bankruptcy, destroy unions and blame public workers for all their state's economic...
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One word comes to mind: greedAug 13, 2015 12:00 am - The news of the excessive pay raises and resulting pension spike granted to Illinois Association of Park Districts Executive Director Peter Murphy provoked a real gut re...
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Believe it: Trump is who he seems.Aug 12, 2015 12:00 am - When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time and spare yourself the grief of living through a nightmare again. Donald Trump has clearly shown his ala...
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Some choices among GOP fat catsAug 11, 2015 12:00 am - Six fat cats donated $36 million to propel Ted Cruz into the scramble for the Republican presidential nomination. Of course, they're really paying to overturn Obamacare,...
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Editorial; Building a solid foundation of STEM proficiency, interestAug 09, 2015 11:00 pm - That Sherry Douglas, profiled Monday in the Daily Herald's Top Teachers series, is a great classroom instructor, there seems little doubt, and the consensus from her col...