Crystal Lake Opinion
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Reject ploy to hike taxes for educationApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - State government thinks educating Illinois children is about money, not learning. The Illinois State Board of Education regularly lowers the achievement bar so we can ke...
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Citizens need this portal to accountabilityApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - You've just filed your Illinois tax return. And you're more than a little angry about how much you've paid in state taxes given the fiscal shenanigans in Springfield. So...
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And now, some more of that fertilizer!Apr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - A March 28 letter by Michael Schindel about Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Sen. Barack Obama was revealing. Schindel's judgment that Wright is a "black bigot" because of the r...
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Airline employees subsidizing low faresApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - After years of huge losses, poor service, passenger inconvenience, the destruction of airline employees' retirements and quality of life, along with the continued increa...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Homing inApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Potential adopters don't have to pay an adoption fee and adoptees don't have to submit to a bunch of inoculations, but the annual Adopt-a-Cougar program is all about fin...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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Words of pedophile's lawyer repugnantMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - For several days now we have read articles about the Rev. Fred Lenczycki, and whether he should remain committed to a state facility. The psychologist for Lenczyki state...
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...
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Robbery showed alert system worksMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - The gunman left the bank on foot, traveling through a local neighborhood in the process. He was armed. What you may not know about this story is that Huntley School Dist...