Elburn Opinion
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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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Get serious about fixing youth prisonDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - It's hard to stomach, but rather easy to see, how the St. Charles youth prison got to be in the shape it's in today. While Illinois policy makers were busy courting seni...
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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 ...
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Thanks for helping PADSDec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - On behalf of the Realtors of Baird & Warner, North Randall office in Carpentersville, we'd like to thank the generous people of the Elgin area for their participation in...
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Health reform shouldn't mess with abortion rightsDec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - The anti-choice Stupak amendment that was added to the House health care bill makes insurance coverage for abortion virtually unavailable for women purchasing insurance ...