Elburn Opinion
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Make candidates earn your voteDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - The legislative breakfast cosponsored by the Chambers of Commerce for Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles provided a great opportunity to hear the positions of those vying f...
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Asking for a closer look at ECC benefitsDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - I read with interest the Daily Herald's recent article that Dr. Sam, the president of the college, was unanimously granted an increase in his monthly stipend to $1,000 a...
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Messing with yellows for more local cash?Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Another local community is looking at the feasibility of installing red-light cameras. While I do not oppose making intersections safer, the installation of red-light ca...
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Revenue solution found in big boxesDec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Revenue solution found in big boxes The only revenue source being actively considered to provide revenue for mass transit in the metro area is more gambling, an irrespon...
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I'll go ahead and say it: 'Christmas'Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Warning: If you are politically correct, please skip this column. This is a story about Christmas. I figure it's OK for me to actually write that word Christmas since it...
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In the interest of some peace, try a Disunited States of AmericaDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - In this season of hope, there is none to be had. The Elgin City Council is insulted that several thousand legal, taxpaying citizens asked them to answer a few questions ...
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Can't change truth of incorporation voteDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - For those of my neighbors who remember the old time TV show "Truth or Consequences, the lesson was "tell the truth or pay the consequences." I'm glad the court rejected ...
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Saturday Soapbox: 3-year deal deliveredDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Nice to see Elgin School District U-46 teachers didn't deliver a strike as a Christmas present for district students and residents. And if they got the attention of an o...
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Bill Foster has right approach for 14thDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Recently, Republican candidate Jim Oberweis was greeting folks at the Geneva train station. As one of his would-be constituents, I told Oberweis that I am alarmed about ...
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Choral concert-goers showed little respectDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - I attended the 6 p.m. concert of the Elgin Children's Chorus on Dec. 2 and was appalled at the conduct of some members of the audience. The choristers work very hard in ...