Kane County Opinion
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Editorial: Towns showing how to attain goal of diversityAug 19, 2015 1:00 am - Last month, we commented on the resignation of an African American Lake in the Hills trustee who said she was moving out of the McHenry County town to Evanston because o...
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Alter constitution to meet state's needsAug 18, 2015 1:00 am - The Illinois Constitution is a promisary note that has to be altered as conditions dictate. Everyone should have a pension of some sort. One pension not three or four. M...
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Editorial: Eliminating late fees an intriguing step for librariesAug 17, 2015 1:00 pm - The days of libraries charging patrons 10-cent-a-day fines for overdue books may be heading for history's scrap heap. At least two suburban libraries say the model no lo...
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Bobcat hunting a terrible ideaAug 17, 2015 1:00 am - Cecil the lion is dead. Why? Some coward with a cruel, sadistic heart thought it was "fun" to see a magnificent creation of God's suffer and die; to watch the light go o...
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Maybe voting is a waste, after allAug 16, 2015 1:00 am - A friend of mine and I went to a local watering hole for lunch and a few drinks. The conversation ebbed and flowed, when finally the talk turned to voting. My friend sai...
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Elgin's dangerous Chihuahua, Toby Keith's bar, other news from dog days of summerAug 16, 2015 1:00 am - Sunday Soapbox. All-about-dogs-more-or-less edition. One Daily Herald editor offers semi-bite-sized bits of wit and wisdom on news from the suburbs in the past week. ...
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Array of people oppose Iran dealAug 16, 2015 12:00 am - An amazing event occurred in Times Square on July 22. Thousands of people of different faiths and political views gathered to protest the treaty Secretary of State John ...
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Rauner ending hope with vulture modelAug 14, 2015 12:00 am - Manufacturing a crisis has given governors the green light to slash programs, threaten bankruptcy, destroy unions and blame public workers for all their state's economic...
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Happy hour, bobcats not just 'distractions'Aug 14, 2015 12:00 am - I beg to differ with the Daily Herald's depiction of the state's bobcat hunting and happy hour legislation as mere "distractions." After all the governor's huffing, puff...
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One word comes to mind: greedAug 13, 2015 12:00 am - The news of the excessive pay raises and resulting pension spike granted to Illinois Association of Park Districts Executive Director Peter Murphy provoked a real gut re...