Kane County Opinion
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Perspectives alter views of race debateApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The historic facts Rev. Jeremiah Wright spoke about are indisputable, more right than wrong. They have been stated many times before: By Frederick Douglass on the 4th o...
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Don't need a new co-opted fed agencyApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - An FFA will not restore credibility to Financial World On April Fools Day, Scott Burns, with whom I rarely disagree, proposed formation of a new federal organization, t...
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Good sense and free speech lost amid all the contrived rancorApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Even after nearly a quarter-century in the news business, there remain moments when I want to stand on my desk screaming, "Have you people lost your ever-lovin' minds?" ...
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Now build bridge to a better downtownApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - As Batavia closed in on the inevitable -- that its downtown Wilson Street bridge would be under construction for several months -- there was an underlying feeling that ...
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Let's get budget numbers in lineApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to the article written in the April 8 edition "Economy takes a toll on St. Charles budget." First, let me just say that a proposed budget that spends...
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No Olympic venues on our local landsApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - No Olympic venues on our local lands Regarding the April 8 Daily Herald story on new candidates opposing incumbent commissioners, we at Voters For Preservation believe o...
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Board must inject reality into negotiationsApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Two stories on the front page last week could not have shown more starkly the vast and growing gulf between the public and private work forces in this country. At the to...
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Untimely pay raises for mayor, trusteesApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Raising the pay of local elected officials can be a tricky subject. In the first place, most elected officials don't get into community leadership for the money, and tha...
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Saturday Soapbox: 27 years later, a family remembersApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - There's no statute of limitations on murder or, as one family showed us this week, love. The victim of random violence, John Spoors was gunned down in 1981 outside an Ad...
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Saturday Soapbox: Thanks for thinking of themApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the lesser publicized aspects of John and Rita Canning's generous donation to Northwest Community Hospital is worth a closer look. Part of their $1 million contri...