St. Charles Opinion
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Bean a Congressional truantAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes missing, Melissa Bean: What member of the suburban delegation to the U.S. House has missed the most votes in the 110th Congress? A Soapbox Dart to Barringt...
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We should have seen this comingAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A short note with a welcome bottom line! Our country and its citizens have adjustments to make (some will be uncomfortable) before the lifestyle of many American citize...
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Lessons to learn from library disputeAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The thought of a heated legal battle regarding close to 1,600 acres is not something one would expect to entangle two area library boards. Consider that it's been going ...
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Garden club thanks those who helpedAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In late June, the Pottawatomie Garden Club held a Garden Walk in St. Charles. It was very successful, featuring beautiful gardens - some large and some small, some in th...
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Saturday Soapbox: DuPage County and Fox ValleyAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Time for an explanation: The wall of silence Naperville's park district board has created around recently hired executive director Daniel Betts' sudden "leave of absence...
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Constitution grants no rightsAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Richard Nelson's letter in the July 9 issue of the Daily Herald has a few errors. His first sentence, "The Supreme Court has ruled the 2nd Amendment ... establishes a p...
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Campton board needs legal adviceAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Congratulations to the village of Campton Hills and its legal council with an excellent example of redirecting a critical issue. They place their latest problems with th...
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Downtown district lacking in hosieryAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - You cannot buy a pair of socks in downtown St. Charles. This is a sad but true fact. I tell people that we live at Carroll Tower and they say, "Oh, you're so lucky, you'...
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Are we are not our brothers' keepers?Aug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The budget debates in Springfield expose the horrible condition of our state's finances that defies all reason and rationality. The preamble of our state constitution ho...
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Who are the 47 million?Aug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Forty-seven million people in the United States do not have health insurance. That's what politicians tell us. Week after week this number is repeated. I've even seen it...