Editorials
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Saturday Soapbox: Entertaining or embarrassing?Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The New York Times last year gave the nation at large a glimpse into the immigration debate that had been strangling Carpentersville. And now, with a few keystrokes, you...
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Congress, close the gun loopholesApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Today, nearly seven years after terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center, it is hard to believe those listed on our government's "no fly list" can legally purc...
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Let the people vote on recall measureApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Earlier this month, we used this space to express our measured support of a recall amendment to the Illinois Constitution that has been proposed by state Rep. Jack Frank...
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Is Illinois finally ready for reform?Apr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - If only people in Illinois could take a sample candidate ballot to U.S. Attorney and corruption-buster Patrick Fitzgerald. Then ask him, "I am thinking of voting for the...
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Nature's main threat isn't an earthquakeApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - In 1811 and 1812, earthquakes linked to the New Madrid fault in downstate Illinois were so violent that they "made the Mississippi River run backward," according to Sout...
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Fix the toll collection system -- nowApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - It shouldn't be a surprise. But it's disappointing, nonetheless. Several months after a Daily Herald investigation revealed myriad problems in the toll collection enforc...
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Walking fine line on finance, citizen inputApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - In the past, the St. Charles Unit District 303 school board has felt the laser heat of community backlash. By deciding last week to allow the citizen groups that make u...
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RTA does well to keep pressure on for capital planApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - No one denies the need for a capital projects budget in Illinois. The lingering question has been whether state political leaders can stop squabbling long enough to find...
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Saturday Soapbox: You did your best, Hersey parentsApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - So now it's time to watch what happens. As many parents, students and even former students objected, the District 214 school board on Thursday reduced the orchestra prog...
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Saturday Soapbox: U-46 doubling the defenseApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Some Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers will do double duty later today when they participate in a martial arts self-defense course at Eastview Middle School in Ba...