Kane County Opinion
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Senior volunteers make a differenceApr 20, 2012 9:33 am - The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program has been assisting nonprofit agencies throughout McHenry and Kane counties since 1987 when Senior Services Associates became the...
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GOP hypocrisy reigns supremeApr 20, 2012 9:33 am - If the firestorm of phony outrage from the conservative media following Hillary Rosen’s comment that Mrs. Romney “never worked a day in her life” is any indication, the ...
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Duckworth is the better alternativeApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - In response to Lew Kuehm’s letter, “Duckworth has no plan for economy” (Fence Post, April 7), I agree wholeheartedly that representatives should respond to their constit...
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Make Lake County residents fund roadApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - After reading the Our View column in April 12 Daily Herald, I am upset at some of the proposals for paying for the extension of Route 53 in Lake County. Why do the peopl...
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Is Obama running against the court?Apr 20, 2012 5:00 am - How should we interpret President Obama’s words toward the Supreme Court — a coequal branch of government! It could be interpreted as a little threatening. Remember, we ...
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Non-profits wise to rely less on governmentApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - In the past few years, with the state's budget in a shambles, its payments to school districts and others in arrears and largely written off, often the last in line to r...
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Why perpetuate right-wing myths?Apr 20, 2012 1:00 am - Why perpetuate right-wing myths? Why do the GOP and right-wing media persist in parroting fictions that have been discredited time and time again? The best example ...
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Naperville parks loves its volunteersApr 20, 2012 1:00 am - April 15-21 is National Volunteer Week, which coincides this year with Earth Week. From the Naperville Park District’s perspective, it’s a perfect time to say thank you ...
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Deficits are about excess spendingApr 19, 2012 11:34 am - To Mr. Paul Williams of Palatine, your belief that tax cuts for the wealthy led to huge deficits appears to be overlooking the 800 pound gorilla in the room. And that be...
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Our liberties are being whittled awayApr 19, 2012 5:00 am - Are we heading toward a police state by little increments? In the same week the news media obsessed on the Supreme Court’s deliberation on the Affordable Health Act (Oba...