Kendall County Opinion
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When do tax breaks trump education?Oct 18, 2011 5:00 am - I’m writing to give you a student’s perspective about the issue of the potential extension of Sears tax breaks. To many lawmakers, we are just a number — a statistic if ...
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Stop mining in forest preservesOct 18, 2011 5:00 am - How many people are aware that our public forest preserves aren’t safe from the mining industry? Illinois has a cozy and shocking arrangement with the gravel mining indu...
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Lawson’s ‘coffee’ was strictly businessOct 17, 2011 5:00 am - Regarding Roger Bianco’s letter speculating the “Coffee with the Assessor” is nothing more than campaign tactic for John Lawson, we were fortunate enough to host one of ...
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‘Promised land’ belongs to ChristiansOct 16, 2011 5:00 am - To answer an Oct. 6 Fence Post letter from Elizabeth Pearson of Elmhurst: The Palestinians have occupied Palestine for about 1,400 years. A large portion of the Jewish p...
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Why the free ride for electric cars?Oct 16, 2011 5:00 am - Streets and highways are maintained through a user fee of 19 cents per gallon of gasoline. But “electric” autos are powered by energy stored from converting coal or nucl...
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Corporations don’t want you to thinkOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - It’s interesting to me that after watching live webcams of thousands protesting against Wall Street in the wee hours of Sept. 6 (and witnessing police brutality of unarm...
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Compromise needed on Sears incentiveOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - Annie Thompson, spokeswoman for Gov. Pat Quinn, hit the nail on the head when she stated in the Daily Herald, “Sears plays an important role in our state’s economy ...” ...
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It’s people who make St. Charles greatOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - If anyone were to ask me what the best town in the country is, there is no hesitation that I would say St. Charles. The quaint atmosphere, beautiful living space and, mo...
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Parents, students, teachers must uniteOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - The challenge of successfully teaching children how to do well in school is an entity that will be with us always. I have read the word “ownership” being used to describ...
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End tax break for SearsOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - The Sears EDA has to be stopped. Clearly none of the people deciding on this issue have students in District 300 or care about our children; otherwise, this amendment wo...