Elburn Opinion
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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...
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Failed land deal isn't a crushing blowApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It didn't seem like Batavia and Mooseheart ever got to the point where Howie Mandel would have to ask "Deal or No Deal?" As time passed, it became less likely that Batav...
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Church irreverence is not defensibleApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - I have read Barbara Zaha's March 30 letter. I don't know if she or any of the so-called Holy Name Six are Catholic. I would say if they are Catholic, then they are not v...
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Health-care fix starts with cost controlsApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone in the presidential derby talks about what they will do about the terrible expense of health care. The Congress has allowed the national debt to grow from $1 tr...
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Kane transit cash talk goes from 'I want' to 'we need'Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Seems there's nothing quite like a big pile of somebody else's money to make politicians' eyes light up and the saliva begin to flow. "When it began to dawn on people th...