No Longer Able To Delete Songs, Permanently. 9.0.3

I updated to iTunes 9.0.3 yesterday.
Today I somehow realized the song files i was deleting, were still in my iTunes folders.
I can't necessarily blame the update because I am not sure how long this has been going on. However, I suspect I inspected because something didn't feel right about the song just disappearing after I hit delete.
I am aware of the following:
"Are you sure you want to permanently delete this file from iTunes?" this dialog box was no longer appearing. so I RESET all dialog warnings and now it does appear. Yet, once I delete, and click OK on permanently removing from iTunes Library, it is still to be found in iTunes Folder. This removes only from my Library and not from the folders, I understand. The real question is, why I am no longer being asked if I want to move to Trash, even after having reset all dialog warnings.
Also, "Hey, Keep iTunes Media Folder Organized." I admit, at times this box would be unchecked to stop the annoying delay of simply playing a song. Props to Apple, this delay is gone. Back to the point, with this option ON, after deleting a song, i still find them in their original iTunes Folders.
My only conclusion, this is a 9.0.3 issue.

See if this post by me applies:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10970628#10970628

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