Elburn Opinion
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Endorsement: Daily Herald recommends Kramer over Hain for Kane County sheriffOct 13, 2018 5:00 am - Kane County sheriff: Kramer Depending on circumstances, we have alternately endorsed (or not) Republican Kane County Sheriff Don Kramer. Depending on perspective, h...
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Endorsement: Daily Herald endorses Foster over Stella in 11th Congressional DistrictOct 09, 2018 12:00 pm - With science under attack in the federal government and concerns about climate change broadening, it's good to have a scientist in the house. Specifically, the U.S. Hous...
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Be prepared to helpSep 30, 2018 1:00 am - In the midst of this busy election season, I think it would be appropriate for our towns in the Fox River valley to stop and think about what might be done to help in th...
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Kane County balks at tax increase, for nowSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County residents received at least a one-week reprieve from a tax increase Wednesday. But the latest draft of the county's 2019 budget fails to restore a program th...
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Committee sends Longmeadow toll bridge funding to full Kane County BoardSep 18, 2018 1:00 am - Commuters on the north end of Kane County will have a new Fox River crossing option in the form of a 95-cent toll bridge if the full county board follows the lead set Tu...
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Editorial: Complaining over the wrong distractions in Van Dyke prosecutionSep 16, 2018 11:00 pm - As a nationally watched murder trial gets under way in Chicago, the chairman of the Kane County Board is worried about the wrong distractions involving the trial's prose...
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Hold them accountableAug 27, 2018 1:00 am - I've read a number of comments criticizing the "left-leaning" press. One letter to the editor accused the press of relentlessly pursuing the destruction of the American ...
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Press didn't cover Obama's misstatementsAug 27, 2018 1:00 am - It was with great interest that I read the self-serving editorial on freedom of the press and Trumps attack on the media for being fake news. The plan to have so many pa...
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Why not fight consent decree?Aug 18, 2018 1:00 am - It sure seems to me that something is "off" in Kane County regarding the Maxxam consent decree. Since State's Attorney Joe McMahon negotiated the consent decree in a non...
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Columnist's simplistic view of povertyAug 10, 2018 1:00 am - "Poverty is no mystery, and it's easily avoidable," Walter E. Williams wrote in the Daily Herald. If it were so avoidable, then why has poverty existed for so long all o...