St. Charles Opinion
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True purpose of education missedSep 14, 2012 4:40 am - While District 303 Superintendent Don Schlomann is to be commended for rejecting the foolish obsession with testing students, it is sad that neither he nor the speakers ...
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St. Charles should leave McIlvaine aloneSep 12, 2012 4:40 am - I have been following the story of Cliff McIlvaine vs. the City of St. Charles. It’s an amazing saga of good versus evil. The difficulty is determining which is which. U...
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Get facts straight on health care lawSep 11, 2012 4:40 am - In a Sept. 2 letter to the editor, “Robinson an Obama apologist,” Bob Grens claims, “A fact is President Obama took $716 billion out of Medicare to finance his Obamacare...
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Moylan needed to step aside at gameSep 10, 2012 6:37 am - The Maine West football theme on Friday, Aug. 24 was to honor the veterans. Approximately 50 veterans were asked to line up on the field before the game and were applaud...
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The SoapboxSep 08, 2012 5:00 am - Make a decision: Some may feel the late Bill Mueller was irreplaceable, but surely the Lombard village board can do better than this. After rejecting nominations of four...
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Charter school a good thing for ElginSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - As a member of the Elgin Charter School Initiative, I want to provide a few facts about charter schools. Charter schools are public schools. They are open to any student...
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Why photo IDs are important for electionSep 06, 2012 4:40 am - I have a reply to the letter by Joan Ziegler, president of the League of Women Voters of Glenview, about the issue of voter photo IDs. Mrs. Ziegler feels that requiring ...
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Don’t make assumptions about Obama votersSep 06, 2012 4:40 am - Recently, having returned to my car after meeting my wife for lunch, I discovered a note left under my windshield wiper. The note stated: YOU ARE A LOSER! MUST NEED A HA...
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Editorial: The hopeful signs for workers in 2012Sep 03, 2012 5:00 am - On the day set aside to celebrate the role of working people in American economic life, it can be a little unnerving to contemplate the state of “labor” in 2012. In many...
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Beware the ‘progressives’Aug 31, 2012 4:40 am - I’m a product of the Great Depression, and I remember how popular the Communist Party was in America. I remember going to see one of their parades in Chicago and I also ...