Kane County Opinion
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A plea for java on a cold winter morningOct 11, 2009 11:00 pm - I represent the many commuters that board the Metra train every morning in Arlington Heights. The station is beautiful, it is accessible and it is an overall nice experi...
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Fewer miles to go in beating heart diseaseOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you, Metro Chicago, for walking 60,000 miles and raising $3 million for the American Heart Association during the 5.3K Metro Chicago Start! Heart Walks! I walked i...
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Olympic committee saved us billionsOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - No Daley machine-backed public-funded construction job ever gets built as planned or within budget. The cost overruns for McCormick Place, Navy Pier, O'Hare Airport and ...
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Everyone's talking, no one is listeningOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Some observations: 1. White Republicans from the Party of Lincoln seem to make up the vast majority of tea party and health care reform town hall participants. At one h...
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Let's work numbers in our favorOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I just got a memo, 9/18/09, from Melissa Bean stating the uninsured number for health care to be 45 million. Yesterday on TV, Barack Obama used a number of 30 (million) ...
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Foster has not been hiding from usOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Several people have written regarding Rep. Bill Foster's lack of accessibility to his constituents, and I would just like to tell people that in five months I have twice...
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Red-light cameras dangerous, unfairOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing this letter in protest of all of the red light cameras and, in particular at Gary Avenue and Lake Street in Roselle. I think these cameras would be a great...
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Details different, but con is sameOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - With today's request by the Obama administration to extend the "Patriot Act," it's hard to see how this administration is any sort of "change" from the last one. 1. Esca...
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Obama should end Afghanistan warOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - What are we doing in Afghanistan, and why is President Obama continuing to send young American women and men to their deaths? What is the strategic thinking from the Ova...
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In U-46 pay freeze equals pay raiseOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Besides the fact that so many U-46 parents are out of work and struggling, has the school board even thought through these current raises? Teachers and principals are th...