Kane County Opinion
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One bad read on health care solutionJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - After reading Terry Gavin's derision of Al Kirkland's article about reforming the health care system to cover everyone and eliminate the insurance companies' profit, I s...
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Remind us of votes before the electionJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The headline reads: "State broke, but pols find $500 million for pet projects." Would the Daily Herald please be so kind as to print the voting record of our suburban st...
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Be proactive against pesky mosquitoesJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Two sure signs of summer are expected to surface this week - one welcome, one not so. Meteorologists say the warmer weather we've been craving after what seemed to be a ...
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Society will suffer from budget cutsJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently, a state legislator told me that he couldn't vote for a tax increase because he didn't know how the additional revenues would be spent. He voiced the understand...
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It's not easy being green - but worth itJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - This year in Science class one of our main focuses was being "green". We learned about different ways to conserve energy and which methods of practicing energy conservat...
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In praise of Obama's support of IsraelJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - The American Jewish Committee warmly welcomes President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo. While addressing a range of issues, President Obama underlined that the rejection...
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Police a little harsh with parking ticketsJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I am upset because I have received two parking tickets in the past 45 days for which I was 5 minutes over the 3-hour parking limit in the Vail Street Garage. Although I ...
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Why the rush to teach Chinese?Jun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I noted your article concerning District 25 offering Chinese language study to fourth graders. I was surprised at the lack of substance in the article considering the im...
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Schaumburg should lead by exampleJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - In the chaos that erupts out of the debate over the Cook County sales tax increase, we many times forget that localities also need to rise either supporting or against t...
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Grateful for support given to Candy DaysJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - In difficult economic times such as our country is currently experiencing, many charitable organizations have seen a decrease in their donations. Consequently, we were h...