Elburn Opinion
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Don’t make assumptions about Obama votersSep 06, 2012 4:40 am - Recently, having returned to my car after meeting my wife for lunch, I discovered a note left under my windshield wiper. The note stated: YOU ARE A LOSER! MUST NEED A HA...
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Editorial: The hopeful signs for workers in 2012Sep 03, 2012 5:00 am - On the day set aside to celebrate the role of working people in American economic life, it can be a little unnerving to contemplate the state of “labor” in 2012. In many...
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Beware the ‘progressives’Aug 31, 2012 4:40 am - I’m a product of the Great Depression, and I remember how popular the Communist Party was in America. I remember going to see one of their parades in Chicago and I also ...
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Campton Night Out a big successAug 26, 2012 4:40 am - We would like to thank all the organizations, local businesses, sponsors and volunteers that helped make the 6th National Night Out at the Village of Campton Hills a suc...
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The SoapboxAug 25, 2012 5:00 am - Don’t sign that bill: Gov. Pat Quinn has one week to decide whether to expand gambling by adding five new casinos and slots at racetracks, including Arlington Park. Whil...
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Editorial: What the emerald ash borer teaches usAug 21, 2012 10:23 am - The term “leafy suburb” is used often enough that it’s become cliché. We love our trees, paying a premium for homes that have large ones, anchoring swings and treehouse...
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The SoapboxAug 18, 2012 6:00 am - Going the extra mile: Teachers at Anne Fox Elementary School in Hanover Park know family involvement is important to students' success, and they went out of their way th...
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Income tax part of Marx’s communist planAug 15, 2012 4:40 am - In my last letter I addressed plank one of Marx’s 10 planks of the “Communist Manifesto:” abolition of private property. It could be argued that plank one has not been e...
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Editorial: Turnaround at Lake County Fair encouragingAug 14, 2012 5:00 am - The attendance figures for the 84th annual Lake County Fair, which ended a couple of weeks ago, won’t knock anyone’s socks off. A total of 91,548 visitors, up about 2.8 ...
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Troubled by ECC public safety, truck schoolsAug 14, 2012 4:40 am - The Burlington village board OK’d a conceptual plan for ECC’s vision of a regional public safety and sustainability facility. We the people voted to approve a $178 milli...