Fox River Grove Opinion
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Winners, losers and the CN mergerDec 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Few issues of local impact have seemed as inherently polarizing as the Canadian National Railway's acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway line, which runs in...
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Obama's picks raise questionsDec 25, 2008 10:00 pm - After leaving the White House Rahm Emanuel took a job with an investment banking firm and in two short years amassed a fortune of more that $16 million. Wow! Can anyone ...
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Running story helps dispel perceived biasDec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Thank you Daily Herald for covering "Supreme Court won't review Obama's right to serve." I have no idea if the accusations are true or not, but let's suppose President ...
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Focus on reckless and drunk driversDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - There are many accidents each and every day, and most of them are caused either by a reckless or a drunken driver. The police aren't making this their number one priorit...
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Facts dispute writer's view of historyDec 09, 2008 10:00 pm - I was quite amused by the letter of Raymond Kohn (Nov. 21). He attributes all that is good in the United States to the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther K...
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Obama caved on lobbyist promiseDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Barack Obama said "no lobbyists in his administration." Now, first thing out of the box, it's Tom Daschel - rejected by the voters of South Dakota, and employed by a big...
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CN/EJ&E merger would tie up trafficDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - I am against the CN railway company decision to merge with the EJ&E railroad company. Even though it would be good financially for the company to merge to alleviate the ...
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Speak up if you oppose gay marriageDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Lars Johnson nailed it in his criticism of Burt Constable's column on gay marriage. In California and Massachusetts, voters strongly supported marriage as Constables par...
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Illinois needs to fix mental health systemDec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald recently carried a story of another tragic failure of Illinois' mental health system. ("Unfit or unjust?" by Barbara Vitello) A young man is dead, murde...
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Public schools is big businessNov 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Many professions have associations for workers with similar jobs to share ideas and successes. The government "public" school industry takes this concept to an incredibl...