Elburn Opinion
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Stand up against toll rate increasesAug 31, 2011 5:00 am - For more than 50 years we have had opportunities to get rid of having to pay a toll/tax to use Illinois highways. But we didn’t take action. Now that the toll/tax is goi...
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Don’t blame unions for financial messAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - The fact is that Wisconsin teachers made all the concessions that they were asked to make. The fact is that the new governors of Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio want to stop...
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Going green shouldn’t have to be funAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - One of the best editorial letters on the environment recently was about ”Do the Right Thing” by using CFLs. And the right thing is rewarding, too. As an environmental pe...
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Put on a hat or get back to workAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - You ask if the job has aged President Obama? No, the sun has from all that golf. Marguerite Jackson Algonquin ...
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Cooperation key in foreclosure blightAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - There is no shortage of reminders these days of the recession and the snail’s pace of its recovery. It is emphasized in a palpable fear and uncertainty of what may still...
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The SoapboxAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - At last, a memorial: We and other organizations have long called for a memorial marking the deadliest airliner accident on U.S. soil. Finally, 32 years after Flight 191 ...
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Democrats wouldn’t have tried to cut debtAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - In the past few weeks I have read with great interest a few letters, most notably the one from the president of the Kendall County Democratic Women, blaming Fox News, Mi...
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Blame the state for U-46 bus woesAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - I empathize with the U-46 parents over the new bus routes reported in the Daily Herald where students must walk up to 1½ miles to catch a bus. However, it appears to me ...
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Media still bowing to Obama administrationAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - Now we have seen the total capitulation of the media to the Obama administration, who has just disgusted me by refusing to enforce the laws of this great country. Wow, h...
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Metra needs to clean up lots fasterAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - Dear Metra: I am writing to follow up again on the issues I had written about previously. To my great surprise and disappointment, after being off the train for a few we...