St. Charles Opinion
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Thanks for help on village eventOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - When the Sugar Grove village board asked me to work with a committee to plan the 50th anniversary event I was terrified. I have never before worked on the planning of an...
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Blackwater ran deep and dark for years on current fearOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - "Gentlemen, welcome to Baghdad." That was the announcement that came over the jetliner's loudspeaker as we landed in Iraq. The captain rightly used the word "gentlemen" ...
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Taxpayers don't matter to boardOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - I am a resident of Bartlett (DuPage side) for almost 30 years and I have never seen such an incompetent school board and president since I have lived here with my family...
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Too bad church has left BataviaOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - It is sad to see that Batavia no longer has an American Baptist Church after being in the city for over 170 years. Just think of the impact the people from it have made ...
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Soapbox: Quit packing east sideOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - No doubt Elgin City Council members will point to the $275,000 to $325,000 value of the 14 homes proposed on the 3-acre former YMCA property as reason to approve such a...
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Soapbox: A nice traditionOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - The Geneva Park District hit a home run by dedicating ballfields after former park district commissioners and former landowners. Sam Hill, John Burns Sr. and George and ...
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Fair Tax Act needs passage right awayOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Ron Petrucci's Sept. 24 letter addressing Charles Firth is right on a number of points. We have been running more than an $800 billion trade deficit. That can't go on fo...
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Shanahan should get another chanceOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - I would like to express my extreme disappointment with the decision BATV has made in the termination of Dan Shanahan. My family was fortunate to meet Shanahan at, of all...
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Disenfranchised by Dept. of JusticeSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - I was "disenfranchised" when I read that the U.S. Department of Justice sued Kane County for violating voting rights of Hispanics because last November polling places op...
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New village must put basics ahead of hurried decisionsSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - As the newly formed village of Campton Hills takes its first tentative steps, leaders and residents are already encountering the realities of being an incorporated commu...