Kendall County Opinion
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Require budgetary promise for your voteAug 13, 2011 4:00 am - How can we return our Congress to the status it enjoyed 30 years ago? At present it is being controlled by lobbyists to an unacceptable degree. This practice must end. T...
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Tea party won, but America lostAug 12, 2011 4:00 am - I hope the Republicans and tea partyers enjoyed their brief Pyrrhic victory of no tax increase for the rich and the corporations. They won the game of “chicken” they pla...
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Dems should stop childish blame gameAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Last February after the assassination attempt on Gabby Giffords, Obama called for a new civil tone. I guess the liberals/Democrats refuse to listen to their own elected ...
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Bike for Life a big successAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - By all accounts, the first Elgin Bike for Life event July 10 was a success. More than $6,000 in proceeds will go toward purchasing bike racks for elementary schools in E...
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Half of us living in denialAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - A recent CNN survey of more than 1,000 adults found that 51 percent thought that not increasing the debt ceiling would have little to no harm on the economy. Business le...
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Missed opportunity will plague WinfieldAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - When a child gets a dollar in his pocket his inclination is to buy candy and toys. When an adult comes into money, the adult allocates the funds to needs, not wants. The...
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Animal control not a drain on taxpayersAug 10, 2011 4:00 am - I would like to comment on your Aug. 3 article about Kane County Animal Control. I served on the KCAC Animal Control Task Force as a representative of Metro West Council...
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Blue-ribbon panel to tackle heady issuesAug 09, 2011 4:00 am - The crisis is here and just what is being done to correct the problems: 1) Give a Sunday sermon in the halls of our giant business — the legislature, or 2) Continue give...
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The tragic death of Uncle SamAug 09, 2011 4:00 am - The body of a 235-year-old, affectionately known as Uncle Sam, was found on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. today. Crime Scene Investigators placed police tape around th...
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Let's solve our hunger challenge nowAug 08, 2011 12:00 am - It's easy to imagine how it starts. First, you're laid off. Then begins the sad scramble to apply for unemployment aid. Even with that, you face figuring out whether to ...