Algonquin Opinion
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Teachers unions a JuggernautAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Our government caved in to the largest union organization in the country, the teachers union, a system with bloated administration jobs, suspect productivity, wasteful s...
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Kudos to Franks for tax holidayAug 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Kudos to State Rep. Jack Franks for successfully creating the sales tax holiday from Aug. 6-15 this year. Rep. Franks introduced the idea to Illinois after a family vaca...
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Border towns doing something rightAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - We in America can contribute the most to suppressing the cocaine drug problem by recognizing that we are the biggest consumer of cocaine, at least in the western world. ...
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If you toss the rest, keep NolandAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Working people and the unemployed have become justifiably disgruntled with Illinois politicians right now and might stay home in November, or are being encouraged by som...
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Name calling isn't what we're aboutAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I don't know who I'm more upset with - the person who recently wrote a letter to the editor comparing the current majority party to Nazis and Russians, or the Daily Hera...
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Doubting health chief's motivesAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - What's up with the 360-degree turnaround of Executive Director of Kane County Health Department Paul Kuehnert since Oct. 27, 2009? My understanding was that Kuehnert was...
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Story missing objectivityAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - On Aug. 14, I thought I was reading the Tribune when I saw Christopher Wells' Associated Press article about "prison release dangers." Wells managed to blame Gov. Quinn ...
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Supporters of Obama dupedAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - On page 21 of the Aug. 6 edition of the Daily Herald, there is a short article regarding the fact that Bill Ayers, who co-founded the Weather Underground and helped bomb...
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Disagrees with outdoors columnistAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I was infuriated after reading Mike Jackson's Aug. 5 outdoor column. Most of us fisherman look at these articles for tips on the new technique or hot spot. All I got out...
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Quarry Beach must stay openAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - The Batavia quarry pool has been providing affordable family fun for decades. Although I live in St. Charles, my kids, sister's family, teachers with summers off from ne...