Algonquin Opinion
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Everyone deserves civil liberties, benefitsJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - I applaud the intention of President Obama to extend full benefits to gay federal employees' partners, and intend to write him and tell him so. I hope while he's at it, ...
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Tired of heavy truck trafficJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - I live in Elgin off Route 25. Day in, day out, big rig haulers have made a habit of using Route 25 as their "main drag." Liberty Street in Elgin is completely residentia...
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Elgin council is all ScroogesJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - For the first time in my memory, 50-plus years, the city of Elgin will not have a Fourth of July fireworks display. It was a budget revenue related decision by the city ...
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Grafton town hall will cost usJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - For 20 years, I served as a trustee for Grafton Township working with others very dedicated to the needs and pocketbooks of our fellow Grafton Township citizens. Over t...
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Look at success of adult stem cell workJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - What a great article I just read: An Aurora city employee donates bone marrow, and a youngster's life is saved by it. Fantastic. Bone marrow transplants have been aroun...
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One bad read on health care solutionJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - After reading Terry Gavin's derision of Al Kirkland's article about reforming the health care system to cover everyone and eliminate the insurance companies' profit, I s...
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Be proactive against pesky mosquitoesJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Two sure signs of summer are expected to surface this week - one welcome, one not so. Meteorologists say the warmer weather we've been craving after what seemed to be a ...
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Society will suffer from budget cutsJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently, a state legislator told me that he couldn't vote for a tax increase because he didn't know how the additional revenues would be spent. He voiced the understand...
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I won't compromise my morals. I'm CatholicJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - This letter is written in response to an article that appeared in the Daily Herald Monday, May 11, titled "Catholic political divide exposed." The article states, Patric...
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Let's hope signs of confidence just a startJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Nothing begets confidence like confidence. We've been in a collective clench for so long as businesses enormous and small have gone bankrupt or closed, jobs have been st...