Kane County Opinion
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Charter school a good thing for ElginSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - As a member of the Elgin Charter School Initiative, I want to provide a few facts about charter schools. Charter schools are public schools. They are open to any student...
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Health care law a great help to womenSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - Effective Aug. 1, under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the following is a list of benefits available now without any co-pays or deductibles on the part of the pa...
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Watch for extra fees when using plasticSep 06, 2012 5:00 am - The phrase “paper or plastic” is about to have a whole new meaning. The courts have just recently decided in favor of merchants on the issue of charging customers for th...
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Why photo IDs are important for electionSep 06, 2012 4:40 am - I have a reply to the letter by Joan Ziegler, president of the League of Women Voters of Glenview, about the issue of voter photo IDs. Mrs. Ziegler feels that requiring ...
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Don’t make assumptions about Obama votersSep 06, 2012 4:40 am - Recently, having returned to my car after meeting my wife for lunch, I discovered a note left under my windshield wiper. The note stated: YOU ARE A LOSER! MUST NEED A HA...
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Join Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Oct. 21Sep 05, 2012 11:00 pm - Did you know that one out of every two women newly diagnosed with breast cancer reaches out to the American Cancer Society for help and support? You can help end breast...
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Read the bill? Perhaps you shouldSep 05, 2012 4:40 am - Steve Morrissey, in his letter to the editor about the Obama health care plan, suggests people should “read the bill” and then gives totally inaccurate statistics that h...
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They vaccinate horses, don’t they?Sep 05, 2012 4:40 am - Ruth Kramer wrote wanting to know why there is no vaccine for the West Nile virus. Well, there is ... for horses. We live in rural Dundee Township and for the past six y...
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Ryan not quite a man of the peopleSep 05, 2012 4:40 am - Paul Ryan is a one percenter. His congressional salary is $174,000 and he has disclosed 2010 investment income between $168,000 and $1.2 million annually. (The range abo...
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Legislators could have taken first cutSep 04, 2012 4:40 am - Dear state legislators: The other week you voted against the pension reform bill targeted to modify legislators’ pensions. Your colleagues described the bill as “a compl...