Editorial

Editorial

Will anyone notice? Yes

It is amazing the things people think they can post on the Internet without consequence.
Another DUI turns up MIA

Just when it seemed that Illinois' records on DUIs could be counted on to be reliable, we learn of the disturbing story of Frank M. "Mitch" Durr of Alton.
A terrible time for higher rates

Brace yourselves, AmerenIP customers, for sharply rising bills.
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Keep taxes in schools

The O'Fallon high school superintendent points with pride to the fact that a $2.3 million football stadium renovation is being mostly funded with money left over from other construction projects. It's a pretty typical school district funding ploy.
Look at the real problems

Belleville continues its effort to have a say over what you can and can't build on your property.

DIGEST

GEORGE WILL: A new roadmap for John McCain

Last August, John McCain's campaign was a guttering candle, out of money but flush with half-baked ideas that were unlikely to be improved by further baking. Anyway, to have many ideas is to have too many for a campaign's concluding sprint, and McCain's revival has not been robust enough to bring him even with Barack Obama.
Playing to stop ethics reform

Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes spent three years building support for the pay-for-play ethics reform bill passed this spring.
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Just send the check

"Ask us about your stimulus check. Please." Look for IRS employees to start wearing buttons around town with that message emblazoned on them. They're trying all sorts of things to get people who haven't claimed their stimulus check to do so -- sending out press releases, holding clinics to help people fill out forms and teaming up with groups like AARP to get out word that money is awaiting them.
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Cell phone use isn't a crime

We get as irritated as the next guy by motorists who pay more attention to their cell phone conversation than their driving. It's a risky practice that sometimes results in accidents. But it's not cause for yet another law.

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Letters 8/20

Limits to government I am sure that Madison County Board members have based their decision to close the sheltered care facility on a purely economic point of view. I believe most of the county taxpayers applaud their decision if it means the operating expense is excessive, according to the number of county residents served.