Kane County Opinion
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Educators aren't just principals, teachersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Now comes the story of Al Weber. Weber, as Daily Herald reporter Sheila Ahern wrote last week, was not what we normally think of when we hear the word educator. He was ...
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Holy Name Six exposed hypocrisyApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - The Holy Name Six are being vilified for taking action on the Pope's denunciation of the unethical war and illicit U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, where countle...
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Fire chief's sudden departureApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - The sudden departure of John Wu as Naperville's fire chief raises all sorts of questions this week as to exactly what happened and why. Rumors, of course, are flying all...
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Names may change, but embarrassing outcome never doesApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Image is a lot like a rumor. Somewhere it has a basis in fact. Fact then often skewed to excess, but fact at its heart nonetheless. Nowhere has that been more true than...
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Bailouts offer insult to bad fiscal injuryApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Bailouts offer insult to bad fiscal injury Democrats on Capitol Hill want $400 billion to back problem loans, said a March 30 story. Greed by some in the mortgage indust...
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Ultimately, public must clean up messApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Once again we hear about our friend Todd Stroger, Cook County Board president, who just gave his cousin a 12 percent raise. His cousin's battle cry before the election ...
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Bailouts offer insult to bad fiscal injuryApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Democrats on Capitol Hill want $400 billion to back problem loans, said a March 30 story. Greed by some in the mortgage industry has brought the house down. They gambled...
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Saturday Soapbox: Homing inApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Potential adopters don't have to pay an adoption fee and adoptees don't have to submit to a bunch of inoculations, but the annual Adopt-a-Cougar program is all about fin...
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Saturday Soapbox: End of an era at CLCApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The Richard Fonte era at College of Lake County is over, and not a moment too soon. Fonte was hired as the college president in December 2006, but lasted only six months...
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Saturday Soapbox: 75 percent of life ust showing upApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Whoever said that might have had Todd Stroger in mind. At Palatine's request, the Cook County Board president has agreed to come to Harper College on April 30 to defend ...