Kendall County Opinion
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Join summer events to clean up villageMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - On behalf of the village of West Dundee, I would like to express the sincere appreciation for the community's participation in the West Dundee's first Earth Day Celebrat...
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Tarmac rule will cost airlinesMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The new passenger rights rule imposed by Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will create chaos at airports across the U.S. due to a few highly publicized i...
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Why we need to seal our bordersMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Nearly 50 years ago, in a class entitled, "Major Countries of Latin America," George Blankston, a political science professor at Northwestern University, astutely descri...
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Vote for those who take you seriouslyMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Sheriff Pat Perez displayed a disrespectful disregard for Mr. Rogalla's viewpoint during a red-light camera hearing in Geneva. Perez's behavior was an alarming example o...
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Financial reform sorely neededMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The United States Senate recently plunged to the depths of political hypocrisy. As senators from all political stripe castigated executives from Goldman Sachs for financ...
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Please watch out for motorcyclesMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Since mid-April, I have prominently displayed a "Start Seeing Motorcycles" sign in my front yard. I do this for two reasons: I care about my brothers and sisters in the ...
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Citizens don't mind showing IDsMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - If I am under 40, Walgreens will ask me for some identification to purchase certain items. If my charges are over $50, Jewel will ask me for some identification. Conveni...
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Public employees an easy scapegoatMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - OK, we get it. The economy is in the tank, so we have to find a scapegoat; this year it's public employees. Right, we're making exorbitant salaries with unheard of bene...
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Promoting science a noble causeMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - To paraphrase Bill Foster, United States Congressman and science fair judge at the Discovery Science Fair in Elgin last month, "I want to hear about both successes and f...
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Wasn't defending indefensible actsMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - In response to Kate Bochte's letter to the Fence Post Tuesday, April 20, Bochte seems to have a real ax to grind. I ask you, where in my Fence Post letter of April 15 di...