Kane County Opinion
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U-46 should require high school uniformsDec 19, 2012 3:40 am - U-46 should require high school uniforms Elgin School District U-46 currently has elementary and middle schools using uniforms. At the high school level, students ...
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Pension crash must minimize damageDec 19, 2012 3:40 am - Pension crash must minimize damage If Illinois public pensions were an airliner, they would be preparing for a crash landing. It’s not a matter of if, but when and ...
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Editorial: Disclosure bill misses target of corporate tax reformDec 18, 2012 4:00 am - The desire for open information and the want of a friendly business climate are at odds in a proposal halfway through the General Assembly. The bill would require public...
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It may be too late for our democracyDec 16, 2012 3:40 am - I was told there is a book out about democracies that says that none has lasted more than 250 years. Ours is at around 238 years. The failure comes about because people ...
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The SoapboxDec 15, 2012 4:00 am - Thank you, readers: At 90, Walt Meder is still contributing. The driving force behind the Daily Herald’s Hope for the Holidays campaign is just as pleased as we are at t...
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All sides must agree to spend lessDec 14, 2012 3:40 am - This country must learn to live within its means. Congress must rise above partisan politics and do what we all must do — not spend more than we make. Will some people f...
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News judgment questionableDec 14, 2012 3:40 am - I must admit that I am disappointed in recent editions of my Daily Herald paper. In the Dec. 5 edition the headline story at the top of page 1 reads: “Sudanese students ...
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Don’t pick on cat foster momDec 14, 2012 3:40 am - Let me see if I understand this correctly. The Village of South Elgin in its infinite wisdom has decided that a person who has devoted most of her life to abandoned anim...
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Had enough with code of silenceDec 13, 2012 3:40 am - Never truer words were spoken when attorney Flint Taylor described the city of Chicago’s actions after losing a jury trial against Chicago bartender Karolina Obrycka whe...
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Meningitis outbreak not Tea Party’s faultDec 13, 2012 3:40 am - Ah, the Tea Party did it again. The FDA, short of funding, was not able to shut down a company after 460 cases of fungal meningitis were reported. If the FDA had been pr...