Kane County Opinion
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Cook County tax increase is absurdMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Oh, how good it feels for the citizens of Cook County to be led around by their noses. After the Stroger-led county board voted that tax increase to 10.25 percent, ma...
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A better way to spend $40 millionMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - I hear that the governor and the president of NIU want to tear down Cole Hall and then build a new building and make it a memorial building to the students who were kill...
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Guns are solution, not the problemMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - In the March 2 edition of the Herald, Ms. Bast states, "If anyone who feels citizens have the right to bear many arms can answer the questions posed in my previous lette...
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It's time for reform in funding, taxesMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The time is now for property-education tax reform. This state has yet to make an effort in solving this problem. It is of importance to those on fixed incomes. I believe...
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Imagining what might happenMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Mr. Dulan asked us to imagine the carnage at NIU if 20 or 30 armed and frightened students had opened fire. I imagined one dead sniper and three or four students that m...
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Too many boarders core of snow mess?Mar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - According to Elgin's occupancy standards, each homeowner is allowed up to two unrelated boarders. In the past, this may have been just a footnote, but I believe this is...
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Sorry, but even student journalists need bosses, tooMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Let me start by saying I have enormous respect for the accomplishments of the Central Times, the student-run newspaper at Naperville Central High School. More than once ...
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Democrats' petty attack on McCainMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The news of the two Democratic presidential candidates, Obama and Clinton, estimating they collected $50 million and $35 million in donations respectively in the shorte...
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Pass Blagojevich capital budgetMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Today I waited for 25 minutes for my Pace bus. Yes, the weather was bad, but this is ridiculous. I hope lawmakers pass the governor's new capital plan -- if they do, n...
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Huge expenditure for a very short termMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Having voted in the 14th District primary, I was made aware of how much tax money was being spent for an absentee vote. I first called the village hall. They instructed ...