Kane County Opinion
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Our nation needs to 'make things'Mar 28, 2016 1:00 am - Cokie and Steve Roberts misnamed their column when naming it "The Facts About Trade." It should have read "Our Misguided Opinions About Trade." They are flat out wrong w...
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Pension bill one more inept 'solution'Mar 24, 2016 12:01 am - Politicians like Senator Dan Duffy are the very reason the state of Illinois is flailing about, drowning in red ink. His bill, SB3317, hopes to grab onto local police an...
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Show some pride, Itasca, stow trashMar 24, 2016 12:01 am - For the fourth consecutive spring, my husband and I have personally collected the debris on the south side of the fence on Park Avenue bordering Thorndale Avenue. This y...
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When will columnist keep his promise?Mar 23, 2016 1:00 am - On Feb. 2, Groundhog Day as I recall, Richard Cohen did his typical teardown of any candidate not a liberal - thus, the GOP. With then more than 10 candidates, he was f...
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It's not that hard to keep track of deadlinesMar 23, 2016 1:00 am - This is in response to Sean Herling, who wrote "How does Gov. Rauner get the reminder?" referring to license plate sticker renewals. The answer is he takes responsibilit...
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Dirty energy's business model fadingMar 23, 2016 1:00 am - Re: "$2 billion loss for generators as a million roofs get solar." "Woe is me" cry the operators of conventional power plants. Clean, renewable solar power is cutting ...
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You took the right path, Sleepy HollowMar 23, 2016 12:01 am - Sleepy Hollow's tax referendum passed thanks to 610 "yes" votes overcoming 588 "no" votes. Kudos goes to many for this narrow victory. Taxpayers bought in after understa...
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GOP hasn't seen writing on the wallMar 22, 2016 1:00 am - It isn't Trump who's destroying the Republican Party, it's the Republican Party leadership. Trump and the other "outsiders" are merely the beneficiaries of the anger and...
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Perfection needed for top cop jobMar 22, 2016 12:01 am - If Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel is truly serious about restoring trust and dignity in the CPD, he should without hesitation appoint Anne Kirkpatrick to the job. Forget ...
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Care staff victims of longtime state neglectMar 21, 2016 1:00 am - For the past eight years, Illinois has not increased Medicaid rates for developmental disability services, even though inflation grew 14 percent. Years of insufficient f...