Gilberts Opinion
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Endorsement: Yes to disband Aurora Election CommissionMar 02, 2018 12:00 am - A 50 percent off sale is almost always a sure winner, and we have one for you in Aurora. If voters abolish the Aurora Election Commission, Kane County Clerk Jack Cunning...
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Endorsement: No on Deer Park sales tax increaseMar 02, 2018 12:00 am - Largely at issue in a Deer Park request for a sales tax increase is who will pay for $400,000 a year in infrastructure improvements in the village. Voters approved a qua...
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Student activists embody the spirit of Marjory Stoneman DouglasFeb 28, 2018 10:00 pm - Student survivors of the horrific mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida are grieving. But they are also organizing. Within days of t...
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Editorial: The importance of persistence in government consolidationJan 09, 2018 4:00 am - If there is one thing we learn about reform from watching government in Illinois, it is that persistence is a required ingredient for success. It took more than 20 year...
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Editorial: DuPage, Kane persistence in government consolidationJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - If there is one thing we learn about reform from watching government in Illinois, it is that persistence is a required ingredient for success. It took more than 20 year...
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Where is their fiscal responsibility?Dec 16, 2017 12:00 am - Recently there have been numerous notices in the newspaper about property tax increases from various taxing bodies (i.e. school districts, villages, townships, etc.) and...
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A suggestion on North KoreaOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - The only way to solve the North Korea problem, short of war, is diplomacy. Decades of sanctions have not worked. The only way to diplomatically accomplish peace is to sa...
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Trump shows only contempt for Puerto RicoOct 17, 2017 12:01 am - It's one thing when a president's hurricane recovery efforts are inadequate due to gross incompetence like it was for George W. Bush in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrin...
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Editorial: Fighting opioid epidemic on many frontsOct 12, 2017 5:00 am - If anyone doubts the extent of the opioid epidemic, pay attention to these stories on the federal, state and local level just in the last couple days. On Tuesday, first ...
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Who got more votes, has more expertise?Sep 23, 2017 12:01 am - If you wonder why people are angry enough to elect Donald Trump as our President of the United States and why newspapers are held in such contempt by many, just look at ...