Algonquin Opinion
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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 ...
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State Senate, Dist. 28: MillnerOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Voters in Illinois state Senate District 28 will choose Nov. 2 between incumbent Republican John Millner and Democratic challenger Corinne Pierog to represent an area in...
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Ruth Munson has characterOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I support Ruth Munson because I see in her words, actions and manner a woman of good character with compassion and intelligence and the energy to build. In these trouble...
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Saturday Soapbox: Embarrassment in Grafton TownshipOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - What an embarrassment: You'd think that repeated public exposure in the newspaper would encourage leaders in Grafton Township to at least try to portray a better pu...
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Do your homework before you voteOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Election rhetoric is filling mail, in boxes and flat screens. What are we to believe concerning conditions in Illinois? What really is the state of the state? What can w...
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State House, Dist. 64: TryonOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Challenger Robert Kaempfe, a Democrat from Crystal Lake, is making his second bid for a seat in the state legislature for reasons most Illinois voters probably identify ...
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State Senate Dist. 25: LauzenOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - With 18 years in General Assembly, 25th District state Sen. Chris Lauzen of Aurora is one of the area's longest-serving legislators. Given the mess that is Springfield,...
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Let's keep Chicago politics in ChicagoOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago politics have effectively degraded Illinois and the national economic scenes. Let's see, the Obama Health Care bill (2,900 pages) and the Illinois state budget (...