Kane County Opinion
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Taxes needed to educate childrenSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - I feel compelled to reply to the letter from William Hallow (Sept. 15). Who paid the taxes to educate him and his children if he has any? We pay property taxes in order...
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Village subdivision not getting serviceSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - In the Hampshire Prairie subdivision, the streets flooded three times this summer. The first time my neighbors and I called the village, it took over three hours for a ...
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Planning can put an end to abortionSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - As a pro-choice advocate I support Planned Parenthood/Chicago Area, and I am glad they are opening a new, full-service health facility in Aurora. It is a fact that abort...
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Retiree can't bear District 301 tax billSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - I am requesting a reduction of my school taxes via my county property taxes for the following reasons: 1. This year's school tax was $6,370. This is 70 percent of my pro...
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Character and principle countSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - What's more important: principle or "electability"? A TV journalist asked this question recently prior to another town hall-based Democratic political debate he would be...
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What is happening to our values?Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - I have never been so disgusted with an ad in the Daily Herald like the one printed on Sept. 16, page 17. How could churches believing in God endorse a clinic that perfor...
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Veterans groups appreciated supportSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Hampshire Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8043 and Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank members and the residents of Hampshire/Burlington and surrounding communities for t...
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It's not a matter of what's legalSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - This is in response to Sunday Fence Post letters by Valerie Ivanoff and Susan Schafer. Both make the argument that one cannot compare the Vick dog-fighting crimes to abo...
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Governor isn't good for businessSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Wall Street Journal, Sept. 10, 2007, page A2: "Drops in Housing, Autos Pinch Midwest". Further evidence that Gov. Blagojevich is completely misguided in his assault on I...
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Fifty years later, irony and reflectionSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, the Little Rock Nine participated in a 50th anniversary celebration of the court-ordered 1957 integration of Central High School over the objection of the Ar...