Editorials
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Girl's story brings heartfelt responseOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A Daily Herald story wasted no time cutting to the chase last week when introducing readers to 7-year-old Taylor Radtke. "There is," the story reported, "no rest, no ti...
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'Silence' law is simply unnecessaryOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The General Assembly may not be able to figure out how to fund our schools, fix our roads or properly staff our prisons. But when it comes to forcing schoolchildren to s...
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Soapbox: Hallelujah!Oct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Finally, a government faced with a revenue problem that isn't making tax and fee hikes a first resort. Kane County department heads got word this week that they'll have...
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Soapbox: Wise cancellationOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Yes, the Air Expo in Lake in the Hills has run for 22 years in celebration and promotion of the village's airport. But no, public officials can't ignore that the celebra...
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Soapbox: Good compromiseOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Developers of Wanish Park near Gurnee at first wanted to pay no impact fees because ownership of the new townhouses and condominiums will be limited to buyers 50 or olde...
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Soapbox: Path needs another funding sourceOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Warrenville could walk away with something extra as part of the long-awaited thorium cleanup of the DuPage River. City representatives say they would like to see a netwo...
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Soapbox: Seeing redOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Bravo, Elk Grove Village. If only every intersection in the state could have cameras to catch reckless drivers speeding right through a red light, in a hurry for an earl...
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Soapbox: Words hardly sufficeOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Adequate words truly fail in expressing condolences to longtime political fixture Jim Ryan and his wife, Marie, on the death by apparent suicide of their son Patrick. Te...
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Are standardized tests doing the job?Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The assumed value of standardized school tests is that they gauge how well students perform at each grade level, how well students perform at each school and how well ea...
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Immediacy's vital in reporting crimeOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The work of a police department goes beyond arresting criminals and ticketing traffic law violators, as important as both duties are in their own right in keeping the pu...