Kendall County Opinion
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Illinois legal system protects peopleAug 30, 2009 11:00 pm - In his Letter to the Editor on Aug. 10, 2009, Mr. Akin claims that the legal system in Illinois is unfair and we need "legal reform." The reform that he refers to would...
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Obama remarks an insult to doctorsAug 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Evidently doctors are too busy to take President Obama to task over his denigrating of their profession. In his stumping for health care and insurance, he continually ac...
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Can you make sense of this bill?Aug 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Here is a tiny snippet from the 1,201 page Waxman Markey cap and trade bill, HR2454. ''(4) Customer Facility Savings - The term "customer facility savings" means a reduc...
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Video gambling bad source of incomeAug 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Congrats to the DuPage County Board for voting Aug. 11 to ban video gambling machines in unincorporated areas. This sends a message to Springfield politicians: Find a ne...
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What's yours is yours; what's mine is mineAug 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A right, by its nature, is free. "All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights-" so wrote Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration o...
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Is a $2,300 tax credit the answer?Aug 29, 2009 11:00 pm - There are a lot of passionate opinions regarding health-care reform. There are many people who have been unable to get health insurance because of pre-existing condition...
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What's so offending about other lifestyle?Aug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - As I am hopeful I am not the only respondent to this, I don't know whether to laugh or be shocked at Sue A. Smith's plea (Don't publish gay wedding notices, Aug. 25) wit...
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Guilt about eating off TigerwoodAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - On the Aug. 23 front page of the Homes Plus section, August 23 paper, I read of the joys of the perfect kitchens in the featured families' homes. The "star of the show i...
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Marriage is for any two people in loveAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - On Aug. 25, a letter was published by a writer who clearly did not approve of gay marriage. The letter asked the Daily Herald to not publish same sex marriage announceme...
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District 204 parents have been dupedAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Ladies and gentlemen of Indian Prairie School District 204, you've been duped. In 2005, District 204 presented to voters a referendum to build a third high school. It wa...