Kendall County Opinion
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Scale back county board pay, benefitsJul 04, 2011 11:00 pm - There has been some discussion about DuPage County Board pensions by Jake Griffin, the Daily Herald editorial board and others in your paper in the last few weeks. Last ...
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Why we do need the Electoral CollegeJul 04, 2011 11:00 pm - A June 9 letter stated that “we must abolish the Electoral College.” I disagree. The Constitution was not easily passed, but required enormous debate and compromise. A ...
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Illinois GOP had better mobilizeJul 04, 2011 11:00 pm - Why is the Illinois Republican Party not mobilizing? Absolutely amazing that, due to “redistricting” in Illinois, the leaders in the Illinois Republican Party have not s...
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Don’t make assumptionsJul 02, 2011 1:00 am - In a recent letter from Mr. Bell, he stated that he attended the June 18 meeting at Sun City concerning the inequities that exist within the current tax bills in Rutland...
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Hot dog purist makes his cas(ing)Jul 02, 2011 1:00 am - I read with interest the article on the “Wiener War” in the June 23 edition of the Daily Herald. I cannot see the fuss over flavorings as hot dogs in general have taken ...
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Apply cigarette-type warnings to abortionJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - The June 21 article, “FDA reveals new graphic cigarette labels,” says that the FDA and other proponents of its newly required, graphic warning labels champion these labe...
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Stop deer culling; leave them aloneJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Seventy healthy, innocent deer were slaughtered to undergo expensive testing of questionable value for chronic wasting disease by the Illinois Department of Natural Reso...
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Weather safety is your responsibilityJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Our former home in Cincinnati was in the path of the deadly F-4 Montgomery-Blue Ash tornado. Most people did not hear the sirens. There was no roaring train sound. For o...
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Indifference key to losing libertyJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Three steps to losing liberty: 1. Indifference to gerrymandering. In your editorial of June 26, you rightfully declared that our liberty is at stake if politicians can r...
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Drivers, don’t let big dogs in front seatJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - This issue of text messaging while driving is frustrating enough, but there is another problem: Pet owners who keep large dogs unrestrained in the front passenger seat. ...