Kane County Opinion
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Plasma arcs could cure landfill problemApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - In the U.S., there are approximately 2,000 landfill sites. The country generates about 230 million tons of solid waste a year. Thanks to recycling and other efforts, onl...
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Time for a little spring cleaningApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Another spring is on the way and Bartlett is dirtier than ever. Everywhere you look, garbage litters the streets, the parkways, fences and shrubbery. I have spoken on nu...
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Company trying to split communitiesApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National is attempting to pit the residents of the 80 communities Canadian National trains currently pass through against the "over-privileged" residents of Bar...
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Health-care fix starts with cost controlsApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone in the presidential derby talks about what they will do about the terrible expense of health care. The Congress has allowed the national debt to grow from $1 tr...
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Turn hope into action -- right nowApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Hope is a fine word, an amazing word. It can be a step, helping you reach a higher level. It can be a crutch, helping you down the road to destruction. It is a word we h...
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Kane transit cash talk goes from 'I want' to 'we need'Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Seems there's nothing quite like a big pile of somebody else's money to make politicians' eyes light up and the saliva begin to flow. "When it began to dawn on people th...
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Storied Lincoln a frequent loser, tooApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Much has been written about the fact that Jim Oberweis has failed at all attempts to win elective office. But, consider the following: In 1832, he lost his job, being de...
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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...