Kane County Opinion
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Hockey officials threaten the gameSep 21, 2012 4:11 pm - I will admit in the past when pro athletes and their team owners engaged in a strike/lockout event, I most times sided with the owners because if the players didn’t like...
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Seniors shouldn’t have to pay so muchSep 21, 2012 4:11 pm - I am retired and living on a fixed income. My taxes have gone up considerably in the last two years. I appealed two years ago and won, only to still see my taxes go up. ...
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Found editorial on objectivity insultingSep 21, 2012 4:40 am - Your editorial Sept. 9 asking me to be objective in my approach to the November election indicates that the Herald editorial staff is trying to convince me that there ar...
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When money = speech, speech isn’t freeSep 21, 2012 4:40 am - I woke up one morning with an idea for a get-rich-quick scheme. I’m going to get Congress to pass a “Make Me Filthy Rich” bill. It’s a perfect way to give myself a giant...
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McIlvaine’s home a blight on St. CharlesSep 20, 2012 4:40 am - The first year we lived in St. Charles we were perplexed to see a home on Prairie Avenue resembling a very large half-finished bomb shelter. Much of it was covered by a ...
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A pretty sad wish listSep 20, 2012 4:40 am - As a citizen of the United States, here are the things I want. I want my invalid parents living with me because I can’t afford a facility for them. I want to deplete my ...
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11th candidates more to my tasteSep 20, 2012 4:40 am - I was ecstatic when I found out that due to boundary changes I was leaving the 14th Congressional District and would now be in the 11th Congressional District. I say thi...
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Editorial: A close-to-home economic strategySep 19, 2012 8:59 am - At a meeting with the Daily Herald editorial board this week, Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on the usual topics — political dysfunction in Washington, the o...
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Blind political belief helps no oneSep 19, 2012 4:40 am - In order to avoid the hypocrisy of complaining about poorly researched Fence Post letters containing serious errors of fact, I have included essential supporting referen...
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Organic diet can’t be discountedSep 18, 2012 4:40 am - I am writing in response to the article in the Sept. 4 paper about the Stanford University research suggesting that organic food might not be any healthier than nonorgan...