Algonquin Opinion
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Applebee's a real treat for veteransDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - On Nov. 11, my wife planned on going shopping with the girls - my two daughters, daughter-in-law, and two granddaughters and a friend - and "suggested" I meet them and b...
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Church supports health care reformDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The faith community of First Presbyterian Church of Elgin, in seeking to live out God's call for compassion and justice in our world, respectfully asks our congressional...
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Thomson prison was wasteful spendingDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - In the same week it was reported that prisoners are being released early because of prison crowding, it was also reported that there is discussion about sending prisoner...
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Fly the colors at Festival ParkDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Dear Elgin City Council: I would like you kind folks to address what appears to be an oversight at Festival Park. There is a long sidewalk running from Grove Street goin...
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Is Palin a pit bull that needs training?Dec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I couldn't believe my eyes when I read Cal Thomas's Nov. 13 column. He actually had the audacity to write that Sarah Palin could develop intellectual depth by using her ...
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Death penalty is costly, immoral revengeDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Your editorial of Nov. 15 on capital punishment presented a major flaw in our justice system. Justice is the quality of being just, impartial or fair. The results of the...
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Amid tragedy, lessons in goodnessDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - We know all too well that some of the news in our towns has been much too disturbing lately. There's the Streamwood mother who police say gunned her car and pinned a 17-...
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Ladies, don't wait until you're 50Dec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Regarding the new guidelines for getting mammograms, let me just say this: Throughout my 30s and 40s, I routinely got a yearly mammogram just because. I didn't have a fa...
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Urge Manzullo to support health billDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - It is with much sadness that I have learned that Congressman Manzullo has caved in to the severe pressure of special interest groups by not voting for this recent histor...
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Still waiting for an answer, congressmanDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - While the health care debate continues to rage on in the Senate, I still have not received an answer to a question I posed in a letter to Rep. Bill Foster the day after ...