Elburn Opinion
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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...
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School test scores are importantNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - The Nov. 1 editorial made an argument that "how well a school system is preparing children to succeed in the work world is never going to come from a test score." I fin...
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Soapbox: Not good enoughNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - In what he apparently considers a magnanimous decision, Kane County Republican Party Chairman Dennis Wiggins has taken a leave of absence from his chairmanship until the...
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Soapbox: And this time he means it!Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - When federal Judge Michael Mason again extended the deadline for discovery in the discrimination lawsuit filed against Elgin School District U-46, you could almost feel ...
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Time for silent ones to come forwardNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - As a resident of the newly formed village of Campton Hills, I would like to make the following observations. The incorporation was approved by a small percentage of the...