St. Charles Opinion
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Endorsement: Hunt for another GOP bid for Kane County auditorFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - Perhaps the harshest criticism one could level against the first term of Kane County Auditor Terry Hunt is that the auditor found himself caught up in the unseemly infig...
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Endorsement: Raja Krishnamoorthi for congressional seat Duckworth is leavingFeb 08, 2016 10:00 pm - We were torn in Spring 2012 when we had to choose between Schaumburg attorney and businessman Raja Krishnamoorthi and Tammy Duckworth for the Democratic nomination for C...
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Lifetime in politics creating enemiesJan 31, 2016 11:01 pm - One of Chris Lauzen's top three priorities as chairman of the Kane County Board is to "treat people respectfully." Seems ironic for a man who has spent a career alienati...
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Can't have enough fact-checkingJan 21, 2016 11:01 pm - Kudos to the Daily Hearld for printing the "Debate Fact Check" article on Page 13 of the Friday, Jan. 15 issue. I suggest that in the future it be placed on Page 1, Sect...
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VA health system was just fineJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - We've all heard complaints and horror stories about the VA health system. For a variety of reasons I decided to take advantage of some of my VA health system benefits. W...
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Davis: I knew Cougars before they were The CougarsJan 02, 2016 12:00 pm - I was there for Opening Day. Opening day of 1991, that is. It was a raw, blustery April day, and several of us Daily Herald types decided a field trip to see the new min...
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Second Amendment bill makes no senseNov 30, 2015 11:00 pm - In my life, I've seen fewer bills introduced which are more illogically conceived than State Rep. Chris Welch's HR 0855, the so called "Second Amendment - not an individ...
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Why won't Islamic lands take refugees?Nov 24, 2015 11:00 pm - One aspect of the Syrian "refugee" business that perplexes me is that the "refugees" are trying to leave their culture, their language, their religion, etc., and go to t...
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How does this make our country better?Nov 23, 2015 5:00 am - There is no gray area here. President Obama's Department of Education will force our daughters to shower with other students who have "male genitalia" or run the risk of...
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Holding the line on Kane County taxesNov 21, 2015 11:00 pm - As Kane County Board chairman, I would like to thank each member of the county board and each commissioner of the forest preserve who once again voted to freeze the prop...