Kendall County Opinion
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Don't throw money at video gamblingDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - In response to the Nov. 20 story "Lisle latest to ban video gambling," I am pleased that our local towns are taking a stand against gambling machines. These would potent...
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Ackerman project doesn't add upDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Thanks for having a reporter at the Dec. 15 Glen Ellyn Park District meeting. I found Marco Santana's report interesting, but of course it can only be an abbreviated acc...
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Let the people decide on RauschenbergerDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - I am disgusted by the depths to which our democratic process is being supplanted by meddling schemes which deny the people the right to choose their elected officials. T...
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Is Santa display of Christian faith?Dec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - In the Dec. 11 Daily Herald I read an article about a "Santa Claus" display in Naperville. The article reported that a menorah will be added to the display because, as q...
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How do we slow bus drivers?Dec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - What is being done about the speeding problem on Middle Street in South Elgin? Very little. I am friends with our police chief and village administrator, who used to be ...
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Standardized tests need a second lookDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - A problem with today's school system is that too much value is placed on the standard tests given each year. I think the importance of standard testing needs to be re-ev...
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Thanks for help on slippery roadDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to thank the good samaritans who stopped to help when I slid off the road on Big Timber Road in Elgin the evening of Dec. 9. First, thanks to the people in ...
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Herald ignores lack of reform in DuPageDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - The Dec. 12 Daily Herald editorial on a "to-do list" seems, once again, seems to be the same partisan attacks we are used to seeing from this paper. For some time, the D...
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George Washington rolling in his graveDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - "Liberty is the basis, and whoever should dare to sap the foundation or overturn the structure (of the United States), under whatever specious pretexts he may attempt it...
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Tax Nobel Prize money at 90 percentDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - President Obama acknowledged in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech that his "accomplishments are slight" and that others were "more deserving." How right he was. I'm rem...