Gilberts Opinion
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Giving back in a winning wayAug 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Giving back in a winning way: When Michael Mendel bought a $100 raffle ticket, he was hoping to win big. But not for himself. The St. Charles business owner had other th...
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Where's the U.S. outrage over South Korea?Jul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Almost unnoticed for weeks, millions of South Koreans are marching in the streets, vandalizing cars and shops and picketing their government, protesting the importation ...
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Towns too giving to developersJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - When are municipalities going to stop being financial institutions for developers? Every community needs to attract new developments but to give cash is not the correct ...
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Towns too giving to developersJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - When are municipalities going to stop being financial institutions for developers? Every community needs to attract new developments but to give cash is not the correct ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fox ValleyJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Grateful for their service Much like former Harper College trustee Patrick Botterman, Huntley Village Manager Carl Tomaso's short life was chock full of service. Tomaso ...
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New Sunday section takes new look at TV, travel, things to doJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Change, we know, is inevitable. Change for the better is imperative. "Not only is everything changing, but everything exists in relationship to something else that is ch...
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Blame government, not 'big oil'Jun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - I read with utter amazement the totally inaccurate letter of June 21 titled "We must rein in big oil companies" and the citing of simply ridiculous statistics that obvio...
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Remembering killed officerJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Another anniversary -- eight years gone since the cold-blooded killing of on-duty officer Greg Sears of the Hampshire Police Department. A horrific act, compounded by th...
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How the pop star got top billing over the journalistJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - On this hand, a respected journalist; on that, a world-renowned music star. To me, the choice of which one people would most want to read about was a virtual no-brainer...
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Nuances of passion sometimes are key to deciding story playJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Prominent trials are followed passionately by some people -- but not all. It was a reasonable enough question for a wife to ask her husband three days before a high scho...