Elburn Opinion
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Soapbox: Big Pay, No Work IINov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - It's bad enough a spineless Elgin Area School District U-46 school board obligated Elgin taxpayers to bankroll Connie Neale's lavish retirement in Missouri. But this wee...
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Radtke story proves good in the worldNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - It is nice for the media to include really good news on occasion, but it is certainly better when it plays a critical role, as the Daily Herald has. I refer to little Ta...
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Soapbox: Still doesn't get itNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Isn't it a sad thing that when an Illinois politician is sent off to serve his prison sentence, as former Gov. George Ryan was this week, there's a ready supply of ex-co...
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Put money where heart, beliefs areNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Recently, the Fox Valley has experienced two very distinct but related occurrences that have greatly impacted social services. Considering state funding of several local...
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Liberals not always free speech backersNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Liberals love to define themselves as staunch supporters of the First Amendment. They claim they may not agree with what you have to say but they will defend to the deat...
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Thanks for help on career nightNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Kudos to our community for turning out for the second annual "Glimpse of the Future Career Night" for D303 middle-schoolers on Oct. 30. About 250 students participated i...
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Let's tighten school testing standardsNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I read a very good article in the Wall Street Journal on Oct 5 about the "No Child Left Behind" educational program. The idea that every child must become "proficient" i...
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Incorporation not a benefit to residentsNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - As an unhappy resident of the new Village of Campton Hills, I'm writing to express my hopes that you will fully inform your public and our residents of the efforts of th...
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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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Campton Hills is limited by tax capNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - What is the real agenda regarding the anti-Campton Hills Movement? Recently the Illinois Department of Revenue spokesperson in Springfield, Katherine Ridgway, declared t...