Crystal Lake Opinion
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City's Channing site handouts defy logicNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Following my recent letter to the Daily Herald, I was astonished to see the Elgin City Council further increased the subsidies to Aspen Homebuilders for the Channing Str...
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'Report cards' tell only part of the storyNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Recently, I have been reading your articles entitled "School Report Cards." As a teacher with more than 42 years of experience and as an adjunct professor in the educati...
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On Veterans Day, George Ryan again is taking ordersNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been more than 50 years since George Ryan was available for latrine duty. When he was discharged from the Army in 1956, Mr. Ryan probably figured that his days of f...
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Try some real facts about Dream ActNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - It appears that letter writer Jackson Rodgers, rather than syndicated columnist Cynthia Tucker, is doing a disservice to the public with his interpretation of Senate Bil...
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Skeptics sensible, despite 'denier' labelNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - This is in response to Froma Harrop's column regarding the late reaction to global warming. I believe the debate is not over on the causes of global warming. Harrop uses...
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Newspaper against education, teachersNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - I have a burning question for the Daily Herald, and that is: What does the paper have against education? Is everyone at the paper self-taught? Were they never in school?...
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Adoption stories tell only part of the taleNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I was disturbed to read a recent article, "Suburban families fear moratorium on foreign adoptions." What disturbs me is not that these families have been unable to adopt...
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Housing market on local level is strongNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - In its recent article on national trends in the housing industry (Oct. 27, Associated Press, "Worse before it improves … All things housing predicted to fall: prices, sa...
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On life and death matters, we must resist dealing in speculationNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Speculation is about the only stock in trade for some mysteries. But that doesn't excuse openly dealing in the commodity An Austin, Texas-based PR agent offered us an in...
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Soapbox: Lawsuit presents a conflictNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Naperville City Councilman Richard Furstenau, who earlier this year was acquitted of striking a Naperville police officer, has every right to file a federal civil rights...