East Dundee Opinion
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Vote early, but vote onceSep 26, 2012 4:40 am - I’ve been reading many posts in the Daily Herald about why requiring a photo ID to vote — saying that’s unfair to the poor, the elderly, and so on. Nobody yet has come u...
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Attitude toward animals NeanderthalSep 23, 2012 4:40 am - It’s been said that you can judge a society by the way it treats its animals. If that’s the case, future generations surely will believe that Illinois legislators and Ka...
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Editorial: A close-to-home economic strategySep 19, 2012 8:59 am - At a meeting with the Daily Herald editorial board this week, Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on the usual topics — political dysfunction in Washington, the o...
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Westlund-Deenihan not running in 2013Sep 17, 2012 5:00 am - It has been an honor to serve as trustee for Hanover Township. While this wasn’t an easy decision, I have decided not to seek re-election in 2013. I’ve done my best to ...
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Becoming American still dream to manySep 13, 2012 4:40 am - Every Wednesday morning there is a citizenship test and swearing-in ceremony on one of the floors of my federal office building. On my train ride to the city recently, I...
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Tell it like it really is, DHSep 12, 2012 4:40 am - Finally a newspaper gets it right, The Daily Herald has talked about the value of printing factual information. Especially during the presidential campaign. I suggest th...
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Moylan needed to step aside at gameSep 10, 2012 6:37 am - The Maine West football theme on Friday, Aug. 24 was to honor the veterans. Approximately 50 veterans were asked to line up on the field before the game and were applaud...
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PSAE scores are embarrassingSep 09, 2012 5:00 am - Beginning in 2001, all Illinois high school juniors were required to take the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which measures student achievement in reading, math,...
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They vaccinate horses, don’t they?Sep 05, 2012 4:40 am - Ruth Kramer wrote wanting to know why there is no vaccine for the West Nile virus. Well, there is ... for horses. We live in rural Dundee Township and for the past six y...
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Plutocracy not for meAug 30, 2012 4:40 am - I really don’t want to live under a plutocratic government. With the Supreme Court ruling and the Romney-Ryan budget, they want to give more to the wealthy and less to t...