St. Charles Opinion
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Some thoughts on First Street projectDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - I got on my electric "scooter" (i.e. wheelchair) the other day and went around looking at the First Street project. You see so much more when you can stop and stare, whi...
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Tax tales only add to senior travailsDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - When we moved to the Del Webb community Huntley, we were told taxes would be about $3,000 a year. The tax bill just finished paying in September was $7,800. Like many se...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Geneva's right to use taxes for tourismDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Having out-of-town visitors spend money in your community is always a boost to the city coffers, but the trick is to get those visitors to stay for more than one day. Th...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Tri-Cities Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Good for you, Batavia It's nice that a national magazine, BusinessWeek, has noticed what Batavia residents have known for some time -- that the city is a great place to ...
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Campton Hills plan is workingNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - My husband and I moved into the St. Charles area over 20 years ago. We moved out of St. Charles proper to our current home 11 years ago because we wanted space and a mor...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...
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Next big step is to end death penaltyNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Some economists have reawakened a debate with controversial studies that claim the death penalty deters murder, an argument long since dismissed by experts. Statistics i...
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From bathroom attendant to JFK-era whistleblowerNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - The holidays are always a difficult stretch for Abraham Bolden. Not only did his wife die at this time of year, but so did his president and so did a little of bit of hi...