Kane County Opinion
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Riverside Plaza one big failureAug 01, 2012 4:40 am - Algonquin’s Riverside Plaza development was doomed to fail from the start, if you ask me. Our village planners took the busiest intersection in all of McHenry County and...
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Persuade Washington to work for usJul 31, 2012 4:40 am - Thank you for printing William Raspberry’s column July 20. The political leaders at all levels of both parties need to hear the good sense the column expresses, as does ...
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Sick and tired of infomercialsJul 31, 2012 4:40 am - How can TV networks get away with all these massive commercials and infomercials. People are sick of paying a lot of money to watch all this junk. We pay for these fat c...
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Stop LINK cards in high-end storesJul 31, 2012 4:40 am - Just wondering if anybody else is aware that the LINK card can be used at high-end grocery stores? And now, they are interacting with farmer’s markets. To me, this is ou...
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Time to re-evaluate Second AmendmentJul 31, 2012 4:40 am - Our country was awakened with more sad news that someone from our society murdered multiple people while simply going to the movie theater. As Americans, we need to dema...
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Editorial: Quinn bows to another Emanuel raid on the suburbsJul 29, 2012 8:49 am - A little more than a year after the state of Illinois agreed to $110 million in incentives to keep Motorola Mobility Inc. in Libertyville, the news broke Thursday that t...
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Walsh’s best isn’t good enoughJul 29, 2012 5:00 am - I wanted to say a special thank-you to Congressman Joe Walsh, who has been getting some bad press lately. Thank you, Joe, for doing your best to make sure that millions ...
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Relay For Life almost hits goalJul 29, 2012 4:40 am - On behalf of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Kane County committee, I would like to say “Wow!” Thanks to your support, Relay For Life of Kane County had 75...
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Letter to McConnaughayJul 29, 2012 4:00 am - Open letter to Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay: I can see firsthand that any citizen in the county that would dare at this critical economic juncture to qu...
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The SoapboxJul 28, 2012 5:00 am - Help for the rescuers Weather extremes hit suburban wildlife hard, and rehabilitation centers are inundated with young or injured birds, squirrels and other animals that...