Kane County Opinion
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Health care in U.S. should be a rightAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - On July 13 the CBS program "Sixty Minutes" focused on a volunteer health care organization. The group is composed of volunteer MDs, DDs, RNs, opticians and others who do...
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Worthy salute to peaceful, precious PathAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - There's a general feeling, both among city dwellers and those of us who live in the suburbs, that's it's near impossible to get around the suburbs without a car. And in ...
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Legislators must reject pay raisesAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - In May I introduced and passed House Joint Resolution 132, which rejects a scheduled pay raise for legislators. The president of the Senate, Emil Jones, has publicly st...
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Legion commander appreciates supportAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - As I complete my tour of duty as Commander of American Legion Post 680, I look back with several emotions. I feel confidence as I hand the reins to new Commander Chuck S...
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Word choice shows paper's political biasAug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - I am quite sure that you are not as tired of reading my screeds as I am of writing them. I subscribe to your newspaper for the main purpose of getting the news, i.e. fac...
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Blagojevich lets Illinoisans downAug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Every time you think the performance of our state government has hit bottom with its political gamesmanship and partisan gridlock, our governor proves yet again that he ...
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Saturday Soapbox: DuPage County and Fox ValleyAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Time for an explanation: The wall of silence Naperville's park district board has created around recently hired executive director Daniel Betts' sudden "leave of absence...
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Constitution grants no rightsAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Richard Nelson's letter in the July 9 issue of the Daily Herald has a few errors. His first sentence, "The Supreme Court has ruled the 2nd Amendment ... establishes a p...
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Sheriff wrong to blunt criticismAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Regarding the story on July 18, 2008, regarding federal authorities' Cook County Jail report lambasting the culture and disastrous atmosphere the Cook County Jail offers...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook and Lake countiesAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Out-of-the-box thinking It will be interesting to see how Palatine's unorthodox approach to dealing with stormwater pans out. The village has started a pilot program to ...