Gilberts Opinion
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Pension system can’t be viableMay 26, 2012 4:40 am - State pensions, which are being pushed back to the local level on schools, police and firemen, is all over the news these days. But in my opinion legislators do not seem...
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Stop entitlements; right financial shipMay 26, 2012 4:40 am - “Students for fiscal responsibility” offered a very good example of our government gone wild with spending the evening of May 16 at the Arcada Theater in downtown St. Ch...
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Obama’s big step to fight Alzheimer’sMay 26, 2012 4:40 am - I’ve had to watch as loved ones with Alzheimer’s fade away and lose their memory, sense of self, and control over their bodily functions. Throughout, they seem frightene...
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All I do is think about the kidsMay 23, 2012 5:40 am - I would like to share some thoughts with the author of “Our View” printed on the May 16 editorial page. I teach in a Title I school in Elgin Area School District U-46. I...
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Hultgren’s support of education dubiousMay 22, 2012 4:40 am - I just watched Congressman Hultgren’s YouTube video where he read a couple of constituent letters concerning the Student Loan Program. I was really touched with his appa...
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Enough is enough, Geneva schoolsMay 22, 2012 4:40 am - This is in regard to my real estate tax bill from Kane County and Blackberry Township. A 10-percent increase has made me question whether I can afford to live in Geneva ...
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Who cares about Mitt’s bullying?May 20, 2012 4:40 am - Out of the mainstream media arises accusations about Romney’s alleged bullying circa 1965 at the age of 18. How old was Obama when he admitted to drug use? If we seek on...
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Obama not much of an economic strategistMay 20, 2012 4:40 am - My suspicions regarding President Obama’s lack of economic knowledge have been validated. According to the president’s recent financial disclosures, he holds between $50...
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TIF districts not worth the troubleMay 19, 2012 4:40 am - The City of St. Charles uses tax money to aid certain private business projects that the city designates as TIF, or tax increment financing, projects. Some of this aid h...
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Something to celebrateMay 19, 2012 4:40 am - Often when I open the Sunday Daily Herald I see, but do not open, the section “Celebrate.” I was once — a very long time ago — a groom, but probably not expecting to kno...