Algonquin Opinion
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Open letter to Wasco Sanitary Dist. boardMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - I am writing to protest the assessment of the legal/litigation expense fees of $20 per month. I find this to be an outrageous abuse of the public trust to assess these f...
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Many reasons for students' failureMar 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Recently I have been hearing about the government officials closing schools due to student's low performance. As a teacher with more than 42 years experience, and an adj...
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Obama health plan will mean inflationMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama is attempting to bulldoze his health care reform bill through Congress. None of the leaders in Congress from House Speaker Pelosi to Senate Leader Reid w...
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Insurance, but little elseMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - What are you doing to us, Mr. Obama? All you seem to care about is insurance. We are no longer working, but we'll have insurance. We are losing our homes and have no pla...
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Teens: Write and be heardMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - How often do teens step up and write to a newspaper? I can guarantee that I'm one of the few that even reads more than the comics, at least in my school. Most of the peo...
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Elgin's dog law shortsightedMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - It is disturbing that the City of Elgin has chosen to treat law abiding dog owners like criminals. The ordinance is so severe that the average person will be unable to f...
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Hastert post-Congress spending an affrontMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - It is unconscionable for Dennis Hastert to take $1 million from the taxpayers to operate an office and staff. We don't need to finance retired House Speakers to promote ...
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Joe Walsh and the debt he didn't payMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - If Congressional candidate Joe Walsh was so hard up for money that he couldn't fulfill his obligation on a $300,000 mortgage, why was he able to afford to rent an $860,0...
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Thanks to Elgin snow angelMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - I'm an almost senior citizen with a few health issues but I'm still the primary person responsible for shoveling the snow. During our last big snowfall a pickup truck ca...
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Video poker won't solve anythingMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald was right to put "Fee for rejecting video poker?" on its front page. But I'd like to challenge more than video poker. Unfortunately, the name of the spo...