Kane County Opinion
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Dumping Electoral College a bad ideaMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - By all means, get rid of the Electoral College. That way, we only have to hold elections in the large cities. We can let one group elect the leaders for the rest of us....
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God's Gym mess provokes questionsMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Elgin taxpayers should be concerned. The way the city of Elgin handled the God's Gym issue was predictable. Elgin's elected officials should be required to answer the m...
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Maybe concealed carry solves all illsMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - I guess from all I am hearing, if the students at Northern Illinois University had been carrying concealed weapons, the killing rampage might not have occurred. Well, pe...
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'Holy diversions!' the road answerMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - "Holy ****, what was that?" How many times has a phrase like that slipped out of a driver's lips as he or she avoided two potholes only to hit three more on Illinois roa...
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Vote for Foster, not more scare tacticsMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - With all the mailers and TV ads, it's hard to miss there is a special election March 8 in the 14th U.S. House District. Compare the mailers that each candidate is sendin...
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Oberweis the best choice for CongressMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Bill Foster mailed out literature implying that Jim Oberweis is in bed with China because he wants to trade with China. I am old enough to remember when we citizens hat...
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Softer Foster tone what district needsMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - There are plenty of reasons for 14th District voters to be skeptical about Jim Oberweis. His stated policies on illegal immigration pander to xenophobes and bigots rathe...
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Why Republican agenda has failedMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Once again Mr. Steve Toye (Fence Post, Feb. 19) points out a bunch of reasons why the Republican agenda has failed. He needs only to look at the policies that have made ...
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Early voting idea becomes a successMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - As Illinois' chief proponent of early voting, I applaud the Feb. 26 editorial ("Don't rush changes in early voting") for highlighting early voting's successes and pointi...
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Goudie was wrong in pointing fingerMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The NIU tragedy has hit hard in our family. My son-in-law, oldest daughter and I are all NIU graduates. My younger daughter will be graduating in May from Northern. All ...