St. Charles Opinion
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Let's get budget numbers in lineApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to the article written in the April 8 edition "Economy takes a toll on St. Charles budget." First, let me just say that a proposed budget that spends...
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...
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Such ignorant bliss just isn't for himApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - In an April 3 letter, Matt Brennan stated, "In countless issues…we hear the same rhetoric when a Democrat wants to create legislation on a federal level. 'Let the commun...
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Any real point to erroneous numbers?Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The April 1 article about the impact of Earth Hour was most interesting. However, in the writer's desire to be a "greenie," the math was hard to understand. He said the ...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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Failed land deal isn't a crushing blowApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It didn't seem like Batavia and Mooseheart ever got to the point where Howie Mandel would have to ask "Deal or No Deal?" As time passed, it became less likely that Batav...
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Church irreverence is not defensibleApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - I have read Barbara Zaha's March 30 letter. I don't know if she or any of the so-called Holy Name Six are Catholic. I would say if they are Catholic, then they are not v...
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Health-care fix starts with cost controlsApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone in the presidential derby talks about what they will do about the terrible expense of health care. The Congress has allowed the national debt to grow from $1 tr...
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Kane transit cash talk goes from 'I want' to 'we need'Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Seems there's nothing quite like a big pile of somebody else's money to make politicians' eyes light up and the saliva begin to flow. "When it began to dawn on people th...
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...