Algonquin Opinion
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Don't dismantle proven successAug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - There is much debate over whether the Kane County Health Department will continue to offer a range of state-funded medical and other services, primarily for at-risk wome...
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More government isn't the answerAug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm writing in response to Rosemary Colbert's letter "Public servants paid handsomely," in which she addresses the key point that so-called public servants are given oft...
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Where are the Republicans?Aug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - For the fourth time since the election started, the fourth Democrat came over to my house asking for support. Recently State Rep. Jack Franks knocked on my door asking m...
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Enemy of left and proud of itAug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - In dozens of tea party events, rallies and demonstrations, I have never seen or heard a "racist" sign or remark. That isn't what tea parties are about. They promote adhe...
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How about a staycation?Aug 13, 2010 11:00 pm - So Michelle Obama took a modest little vacation to Spain this month, but what I'm wondering is this: Has the first lady ever taken a vacation to Washington D. C.? Perhap...
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Why not break all the laws?Aug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - After reading the article, "Relief for Illegal immigrants?" in the World and Nation section of the July 31 newspaper, I felt compelled as a good citizen of this country ...
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Health Works aids foster familiesAug 12, 2010 11:00 pm - My husband and I are taxpaying residents of Kane County, and like more than 100 other families in the county, we are also foster parents. I write this letter for all the...
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Show some heart, Kane county boardAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The upcoming vote of the Kane County Board to possibly slash needed services for the thousands of disadvantaged citizens of Kane County, mostly women and children, is re...
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Grow a backbone or grab some benchAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - An increasingly irrelevant and intellectually lazy mainstream press, not surprisingly void of journalistic due diligence, has consistently lumped all politically-active,...
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Don't just say no to ObamaAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - GOP Senators Kyl, Inhofe and Demint are planning to block ratification of the new Start Treaty although every foreign policy expert has endorsed the plan to limit nuclea...