Algonquin Opinion
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U of I admissions flap taking up too much inkAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I find all the attention given to the scandal at the University of Illinois regarding their admission policies a bit strange. With all the problems in Springfield, this ...
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Dispelling myths in health care debateAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Please support health care for all. I have a neighbor who cannot change jobs because of a daughter with a pre-existing brain tumor. I have another neighbor who just brok...
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Abolishing tollway authority only solutionAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - In "Our View" Aug. 16, the Daily Herald, in the wake of another scandal at the Tollway Authority, called for reform at the tollway. In calling for reform the Herald wrot...
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Library's disposal of books shamefulAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot and loads of other books headed for the garbage graveyard? First trees, now books. Dundee Township had no sooner downed scores of trees "to sprea...
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Supporters thanked for Bob Leonard memorial runAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - The Downtown St. Charles Partnership, the River Corridor Foundation and the planning committee organized another highly successful Bob Leonard Walk-A-Thon, this year fea...
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Another idea for single payer healthAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - In a recent letter, Lin Nielsen of Gilberts advocated for a single payer health care system and also asked for other ideas. What about having the exact same health care ...
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What happens to seniors in health care reform?Aug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Bob Gallo, Illinois Director of AARP, fails to address the many concerns of AARP membership on health care reform in his letter of Aug. 17. While espousing the benefits ...
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Town halls show democracy in actionAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - I am enjoying watching the various August town hall meetings held around the country in which average citizens are giving the "what for" to their legislators who are try...
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We've proven we can't handle national health careAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Our president is asking the people of this country to trust him and his administration to create and run a national health care system for all citizens. I don't want the...
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Kane County needs to be more transparentAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Last April Kane County announced that an independent review of its Web site found it "sorely lacking in information about county contracts, lobbying activity and ready a...