Elburn Opinion
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Frontier violated basic escrow rulesApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - When Frontier Airlines declared bankruptcy, it mentioned higher fuel costs, less traffic and that its credit card processor was withholding more money for advanced ticke...
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Perspectives alter views of race debateApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The historic facts Rev. Jeremiah Wright spoke about are indisputable, more right than wrong. They have been stated many times before: By Frederick Douglass on the 4th o...
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Now build bridge to a better downtownApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - As Batavia closed in on the inevitable -- that its downtown Wilson Street bridge would be under construction for several months -- there was an underlying feeling that ...
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Let's get budget numbers in lineApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to the article written in the April 8 edition "Economy takes a toll on St. Charles budget." First, let me just say that a proposed budget that spends...
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...
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Such ignorant bliss just isn't for himApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - In an April 3 letter, Matt Brennan stated, "In countless issues…we hear the same rhetoric when a Democrat wants to create legislation on a federal level. 'Let the commun...
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Saturday Soapbox: Old pols never leaveApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - When longtime Kane County Board member Jan Carlson of Elburn stepped down early, resigning from the board this week after being defeated in the Republican primary, he le...
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Always taking more for failed programsApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - I read with interest the comment in today's article saying that supporters of a bill to tax people with incomes over $250,000 at a higher rate would get voter support. ...
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Any real point to erroneous numbers?Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The April 1 article about the impact of Earth Hour was most interesting. However, in the writer's desire to be a "greenie," the math was hard to understand. He said the ...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...