Algonquin Opinion
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Dispel misconceptions about mental illnessAug 31, 2011 5:00 am - Kudos to the Daily Herald for the recent editorial calling attention to the need for better public understanding of individuals who commit violent crimes and who may be ...
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ComEd excuses get me charged upAug 31, 2011 5:00 am - I have lived in my current home for 42 years. The area is in a woods full of mature oaks on both sides of my street. On my side, I’ve always had frequent power outages. ...
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Stand up against toll rate increasesAug 31, 2011 5:00 am - For more than 50 years we have had opportunities to get rid of having to pay a toll/tax to use Illinois highways. But we didn’t take action. Now that the toll/tax is goi...
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Don’t blame unions for financial messAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - The fact is that Wisconsin teachers made all the concessions that they were asked to make. The fact is that the new governors of Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio want to stop...
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Going green shouldn’t have to be funAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - One of the best editorial letters on the environment recently was about ”Do the Right Thing” by using CFLs. And the right thing is rewarding, too. As an environmental pe...
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Put on a hat or get back to workAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - You ask if the job has aged President Obama? No, the sun has from all that golf. Marguerite Jackson Algonquin ...
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Cooperation key in foreclosure blightAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - There is no shortage of reminders these days of the recession and the snail’s pace of its recovery. It is emphasized in a palpable fear and uncertainty of what may still...
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Low taxes on rich, prosperity unrelatedAug 28, 2011 5:00 am - I’m tired of the right-wing distortions about taxes. “The bottom 50 percent pay no taxes,” is what we constantly hear. Well, sorry folks, but that’s a right-wing lie. Ac...
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Let’s just call them ‘wreck’ centersAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - I don’t understand what drives elected officials to have an uncontrolled need to spend other people’s money with unemployment at almost 10 percent, with houses that have...
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Democrats wouldn’t have tried to cut debtAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - In the past few weeks I have read with great interest a few letters, most notably the one from the president of the Kendall County Democratic Women, blaming Fox News, Mi...