Algonquin Opinion
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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...
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Media still bowing to Obama administrationAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - Now we have seen the total capitulation of the media to the Obama administration, who has just disgusted me by refusing to enforce the laws of this great country. Wow, h...
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Metra needs to clean up lots fasterAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - Dear Metra: I am writing to follow up again on the issues I had written about previously. To my great surprise and disappointment, after being off the train for a few we...
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We need a fresh start on CongressAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - When my computer stops working, I can reboot it and it works again. When my cell phone stops working, I can reboot it and it works again. When my TV stops working, I can...