Algonquin Opinion
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Fortner for Illinois House District 95Oct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Maria Owens says she couldn't sit idly by as Illinois deals with its budgetary mess. So the retired schoolteacher from Winfield decided to challenge incumbent Republica...
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State House District 63: FranksOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - If Democrat Jack Franks is known for anything in the legislature and in truth, he is known for a lot it is for his frank willingness to challenge the powers that be wh...
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State House District 55: RameyOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - There's a decidedly “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington feel about Democrat Greg Brownfield's bid to head to Springfield and change the way business is done in the legislature...
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Brownfield won't be rubber stamp for any partyOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I am a 26-year resident of Bartlett, and have voted in every election since living here. I am looking forward to Nov. 2nd's election this year so I can vote for Greg Bro...
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State House District 43: FarnhamOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Two years ago, Democrat Keith Farnham rode the Obama wave to narrowly oust incumbent Republican state Rep. Ruth Munson in the 43rd District. Now Munson wants her old se...
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State House Dist. 49: SchmitzOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Republican state Rep. Tim Schmitz says he is prepared to make unpopular decisions to lift the state from its budget misery. The 11-year incumbent faces Democrat Jennife...
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Illegal immigrant a political pawnOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I do not think I have ever written a letter to the editor before, but the article by Susan Estrich made me mad. She was writing about Meg Whitman. The title says the hir...
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Sign etiquette a deciding factorOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I do not yet know who will get my vote for the current election. What I can say is that as I watch the lack of etiquette surrounding political signage around Kane County...
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Congress, 9th District: PollakOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Democrat Jan Schakowsky of Evanston has represented the 9th Congressional District, which includes part of Des Plaines, for 12 years. For the first time in our memory, s...
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Congress, 14th District: FosterOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - In the major parties, residents of the 14th Congressional District have two strong-willed, decent human beings that want to represent them in Congress. In just his first...