Kane County Opinion
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Tough life lessons to learn in the standsAug 09, 2012 5:00 am - At a recent major league ballgame a foul ball was hit into the stands. An adult happened to catch the ball. Unbeknown to him, a few seats down sat a cute 3-year-old litt...
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Will Daily Herald pick Romney or Obama?Aug 09, 2012 4:40 am - Mitt Romney’s VP choice aside, who will the Daily Herald pick this time around? In 2008, Republican nominee John McCain had a long record of bipartisan leadership. He wa...
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Constitution supports health care actAug 09, 2012 4:40 am - “To promote the general welfare” in our Constitution has a great deal of relevance. Since 1933 we have had Social Security by our government with premiums paid for this ...
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Don’t raise taxes for MCCAug 09, 2012 4:40 am - I have read several articles recently about MCC’s perceived need to expand. The big impression I came away with is that the growth is not going to happen and this white ...
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Editorial: ‘Civic contribution’ an unseemly skimAug 08, 2012 5:00 am - A tenth of a penny doesn’t sound like much — especially when it can be translated into thousands of dollars for government. But when it comes to the faith between citize...
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Fracking is our futureAug 08, 2012 4:40 am - A July 24 letter tried, once again, to scare people. In this instance, it was the prophecy of doom from global warming, in spite of the fact that worldwide temperatures ...
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Support tax cut for middle classAug 08, 2012 4:40 am - Recently, the U.S. Senate passed a bill continuing the temporary 2001 income tax cuts for people whose yearly incomes are less than $250,000. Ninety-eight percent of us ...
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Don’t feed left’s money machineAug 08, 2012 4:40 am - Barely have the victims and bystanders of the horrible shooting spree in Colorado been allowed to go back and retrieve their cars before I read in the column of John Kas...
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Editorial: A road map to transparencyAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - When Lombard Village Trustee Peter Breen was elected in April 2011, he made transparency in village government a priority. It’s no wonder then that Lombard now is a mode...
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Health care law looks like winnerAug 07, 2012 4:40 am - The Republican Party is pushing hard on the idea of repealing the health care law or as they call it, “Obamacare.” Indeed this proposal is designed to generate enthusias...