Kane County Opinion
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Good thing Dave's son didn't voteFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - This letter is to Dave's dad. You asked for the kind of Father's Day present that your dad might have requested. You asked that Dave give consideration to the presidenti...
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Accountability key in Dist. 54, but so is fairnessFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Accountability. Accountability for student learning. Accountability for providing a quality education within a balanced budget. These ideas are not new to School Distric...
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Real irony found in our ban obsessionsFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Drunk drivers are responsible for more than 1.4 million serious injuries and 15,000-plus deaths every year. It has become the No. 1 killer of teens and young adults. A...
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Comrades united in a modern-day Battle of WaterlooFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Tom Lutz stood no chance. His first clue should have been the forecast. His second should have been that he'd drawn the short straw that put a journalist irate about poo...
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View of vandalism from memorial benchFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Maybe any student accused of vandalizing school property should have to sit on the bench outside of the St. Charles Police Department and listen to a lecture about comm...
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Point to remember on suburban turnoutFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - The early line on last week's voter turnout in Cook County is something to crow about: record voter registration of 1.35 million, record early voting of about 60,000 ba...
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More proof Elgin must fix basic servicesFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Just as Elgin's emergency, mid-winter leaf pickup made it clear the fall program had left much to be desired, two big snowstorms within a week made it clear the city can...
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Grisly numbers game by the mediaFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - As pro-choicers "celebrate" the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I was gladly surprised to hear the media reporting the abortion numbers declined to a 30-year low. Sadly, man...
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Seeing legal, illegal disparity isn't racismFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in regard to the Feb. 1 article regarding Association for Legal Americans and its purpose. There has never been a racist remark from anyone connected with this g...
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Saturday Soapbox: No news is good newsFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - After a couple of rather disastrous recent elections, Kane County finally seems to have gotten one right. Despite a turnout 50 percent higher than in the 2004 primary, C...