Algonquin Opinion
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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...
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Library should be user-fee basedOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - So the St. Charles library wants $35 million in taxpayer money to build a new library. Where is their vision? With the advent of computers and e-books, the library of th...
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Vote Walsh and against high taxesOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The Democrats give lip service to continuing the Bush tax cuts, but not for the hated “rich," but only after the election. Of course, if they sit on their hands and do n...
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A somber plea for Halloween decoratorsOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I lost my 19-year-old son Skyler to suicide on April 16, 2004. He lost his agonizing battle with depression and hanged himself in his grandfather's garage. When suicide ...