Kane County Opinion
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Minimum wage cut won't help workersFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - It was with disgust and alarm that I read the letter by Kristen Lopez Eastlick in the Jan. 18 Fence Post suggesting that job growth could be spurred by a cut in the mini...
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Regarding Obama, Buffett puts it bestFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Having listened to the State of the Union address, I am reminded of a song from Jimmy Buffett called "You'll Never Work in This Business Again." As far as I am concerned...
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Be a good neighbor; shovel your walkFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Recently, while driving south on McLean Boulevard in Elgin, I was forced to brake and swerve into the left lane near the intersection of McLean and Larkin. The reason? A...
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Decorum, please, as we debate the issuesFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama's State of the Union address was a thoughtful, stellar, committed effort to bring our country together and to provided the leadership for which we electe...
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Improve care and spend less moneyFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Last year's deep cuts in state funding for mental health services, coupled with similar cuts the previous year have devastated Illinois' already weak mental health syste...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Cut it out: Some readers may have responded to Friday's story about allegations of hazing by wrestlers at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake with a shrug o...
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Haiti's debt should be forgivenFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - As reported in your newspaper, hunger, thirst, lack of shelter and health care must be our primary concerns in Haiti. Already, nations have mobilized resources to help i...
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Ford teaches lesson others must followFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Ford Profits. Unlike General Motors and Chrysler, who received billions in stimulus dollars and were taken over and restructured by the Federal Government, Ford Motor Co...
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Health care plan backed by elitistsFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Politicians, both Republicans and Democrats, have long taken "We the People" for granted. An elitist mentality presupposes that we are incapable of understanding key iss...
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Why unemployment is not getting betterFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Here are a few statistics that should scare all of us. According to a recent poll, 78 percent of business leaders believe that President Obama is anti-business and 81 pe...