Editorials
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Soapbox: Above and beyondSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Sure, this is what they get paid to do, and they presumably knew what they were getting into when they applied for the jobs. Nonetheless, special thanks are in order to...
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Soapbox: You want it, you pay for itSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Charles school district teachers, and we assume a fair number of parents, are looking for each school to get air conditioning. Seems like a great idea during a hot w...
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Soapbox: Where's the nadir?Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Antioch Trustee Robert Caulfield made motions and took roll call, tasks that properly belong to the mayor presiding over a village board meeting. Mayor Dorothy Larson th...
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Soapbox: Circle talks can live onSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Aurora's Study Circles program officially disbanded last week, a decade after it was formed to promote diversity awareness. In the end, leaders said it was too hard to c...
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Blagojevich makes wise use of vetoSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Given the intense criticism that has been lobbed at Gov. Rod Blagojevich of late, it would probably have been a lot easier for him to just quietly sign Senate Bill 1463 ...
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Soapbox: Highway hazardsSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - With Kane County and the state of Illinois working on separate areas of Route 31 in South Elgin and Elgin at the same time, drivers would be well advised to stay as far ...
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Casinos a last resort for capital planSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Word is that state senators will talk Monday about authorizing three new casinos -- this time, with the billions in expected revenue being earmarked to bail out Chicago-...
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Time to move on a transportation planSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Maybe it's time for commuters to take matters into their own hands, in the absence of the state providing more money for mass transit. Perhaps they could string together...
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Patient-centered care only a good first stepSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Though the maxim "First, do no harm" is not, as popularly thought, part of the Hippocratic oath that doctors swear, it is still an underlying principle of medical educat...
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St. Charles school board seeing the light?Sep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The St. Charles school board just may be ready to make the 1944 hit tune "I'm Beginning to See the Light" its official song. Maybe the 1962 Bobby Darin version should be...