Kane County Opinion
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Thanks for helping out on book programApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The Gowithbooks Organization Baton Rouge, which is a non-profit organization working to improve student performance in public schools by instituting systemic change, wou...
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Remember Illinois' fallen soldiersApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Today, I had the honor of attending the special unveiling of the Portrait of a Soldier memorial exhibition at the Schaumburg Township District Library hosted by Lt. Gov....
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Hard to celebrate all these lost jobsApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The article in the March 23 business section, "Business without borders," was stunning in its poor timing and insensitivity. I felt the article like a slap in the face. ...
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Black mark on city simply has to goApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - 222 Locust has been a black mark on our city for way too long. Built back in the 1970s, it's out dated and ugly and I'm sure there are structural problems as well. This ...
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Good time to check your tax assessmentApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - I am encouraged to see that real estate taxes will be going down. Not too soon, however, given the slump in values and in sales throughout Kane County. Supervisor of As...
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Big difference in real war experienceMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I know that if the phone rings at 3 a.m. in the White House, I want the person who answers it to know the difference between running and ducking from sniper fire and hav...
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Staffing agency work loopholes must closeMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Many of us see a growing trend in places of business of staffing by non-native personnel. If you have wondered how the particular workplace finds its staff, please consi...
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Racism rose on back of 1915 'Birth' filmMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I wanted to write about racism in the United States, and how it was a simple act of watching a film that helped spark a firestorm of racial hatred that still burns today...
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Demand more of students, teachersMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - I am amazed and appalled that in order to have students do well on tests, the answer is to make the tests easier. If, at Harper College, 50 percent of incoming students...
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Obama appears to be just like the restMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Obama first stated that he never personally heard his pastor say the racist and anti-American remarks, but now he "changed" his story and admitted he was there to witnes...