Editorials
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Elgin trucks toward better public servicesMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Admitting you've got a problem, the adage goes, is the first step to its solution. After several years of complaints about storm cleanup, road maintenance, leaf pickup a...
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Matter of fairness on hookah loungeMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Cultures, health issues and the finer points of the law clashed over smoking lounges in Schaumburg last week. In the end, common sense won a narrow victory -- but it was...
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Get moving on staffing hate crime panelMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes hate doesn't stay harbored in the heart. It is released by bigots who strike out cruelly and violently against those different from them in color, culture, eth...
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Cook Co. fencepostMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Good to have comprehensive plan Mount Prospect fire officials are to be commended for putting a federal grant to good use, coming up with a comprehensive plan for how lo...
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DuPage Co. fencepostMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - He's certainly earned it: One of Rev. Fred Lenczycki's victims this week called upon the Diocese of Joliet to petition the Vatican to officially defrock the pedophile p...
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Fox Valley fencepostMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Good deed, bad deed Elgin Mayor Ed Schock and wife, Karen, were trying to help a troubled young woman, taking her in when she had nowhere to go. They were repaid by her...
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Lake Co. fencepostMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Important test: We applaud the Lake County Health Department's test program to provide vaccinations for adults, and urge officials to work toward making it permanent. S...
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Congress must fix this airline messMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Got a plane ticket purchased for an important trip coming up? Got any confidence the plane will fly? Got any concerns about planes flying safely? If there was any doubt ...
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No simple solution to overcrowdingMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - As with almost any emotionally charged issue, it would be easy to reflexively embrace or discount a Latino advocacy group's assessment of overcrowding in the suburbs bas...
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Ex-leaders better than no leaders at allMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Only in Illinois could two former leaders who should be sailing off into the political sunset be looked upon as those likeliest to deliver what its elected officials can...