Kane County Opinion
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Pilot punishment a wake-up to othersNov 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Two Delta/Northwest pilots were distracted and flew past their designated airport at about 500 miles per hour, and in ten to fifteen minutes overshot the runway by about...
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Don't let politics govern war decisionsNov 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Politics should not enter into military decisions, but that appears to be the case with President Obama's reluctance to accept his hand-picked general's request for an a...
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Can a politician count to a billion?Nov 06, 2009 10:00 pm - President Obama just signed a $680 billion defense bill into law. The claim is that the bill will save us money on the wars. Do you realize how much money that is? That...
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Give credit where due in Dist. 304 meetingsNov 06, 2009 10:00 pm - When District 304's school board announced its meetings would be broadcast on Channel 10 and the Internet, they led Geneva to think the idea was theirs. President Mary S...
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Why does regular flu take back seat?Nov 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Is the media hype on H1N1 over emphasized? In my opinion, yes. According to the statistics, 36,000 people die a year caused by the regular seasonal influenza, when 4,100...
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Cook County isn't the biggest taxerNov 06, 2009 10:00 pm - I just received my second installment property tax bill and it was up almost 10 percent over last year. The surprise was that the increase in the Cook County taxes porti...
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Show truth about Obama, his alliesNov 06, 2009 10:00 pm - With the exceptions of relatively vanilla letters to the editor and a piece on campaign reform which will be massaged by the politicians to their liking, there is nothin...
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Government pensions unfair on rest of usNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A missing point in the recent opinion on state pensions is the pension itself. With pay-in by the employee and the contributions by your taxes, the employee after 30 yea...
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GOP not for reform; rather stronger GOPNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Mr. Pat Brady, in his Oct. 26 letter, says Republicans have learned from the past and that getting Illinois' house in order and a transparent government that serves the ...
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Better off with 'masculine' leaders?Nov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - I read a letter to the editor written by an individual who makes regular submissions who always educates. This time, however, he inspired me to reply. His theory that p...