Kane County Opinion
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Pipeline would ease economic stressApr 30, 2013 5:00 am - Conceding the right of Ms. P. Denise Israel to her opinion (April 9) about the “dirtiest, most carbon-intensive fossil fuel on the planet,” I would direct her attention ...
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Editorial: A wide and deep gulf in the pension debateApr 28, 2013 5:00 am - There are a few ways to look at the interaction during The Pension Forum we sponsored with Reboot Illinois Thursday night at Harper College in Palatine. We were pleased,...
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Newspapering hardly deserves its ‘worst’ labelApr 28, 2013 5:00 am - I knew it was bad, but I didn’t think it was the worst. I’m referring, of course, to the survey in Careercast.com that ranks newspaper reporters, and implicitly everyone...
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Treat all public pensions equallyApr 27, 2013 5:00 am - Pat Devaney’s response to Jake Griffin’s story of March 13 on the International Municipal Retirement Fund illustrates the problem with public pensions. He makes a strong...
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Senators showed no backbone on gunsApr 27, 2013 5:00 am - I am outraged and sickened that our Senate has been bought and paid for by big money/gun special interests. There was absolutely no reason not to pass the background che...
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NRA defender of economic interestsApr 27, 2013 5:00 am - How ironic. Almost immediately after the NRA killed the legislation that would have required background checks for the sale of guns, a gunpowder explosion caused death a...
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Won’t be NRA in the voting boothsApr 26, 2013 4:40 am - Won’t be NRA in the voting booths The seeming inability of the Senate to take action against gun violence is telling. It is a sign of the sad state of our democracy...
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Misguided editorial on HB0997Apr 26, 2013 4:40 am - Misguided editorial on HB0997 Your April 22 editorial had many inaccuracies and mistakes. You mischaracterized HB0997, a bill sponsored by Rep. Brandon Phelps and r...
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Editorial: Drop pension perks for forest officialsApr 25, 2013 2:28 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission President D. Dewey Pierotti Jr. would like the state legislature to stay out of the commission’s business. And, generally, we’d ...
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More bilingual schools needed?Apr 25, 2013 4:40 am - More bilingual schools needed? I read with much interest the excellent letter from Richard Francke concerning the failing schools. Maybe it is time to convert some ...