Elgin Opinion
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Editorial: Security must be top priority for county staffAug 05, 2014 1:01 am - All people deserve a safe place to work. An environment where it's safe to do their job, whether that's helping others, crunching numbers or writing newspaper stories. S...
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Does church need a new motto?Aug 05, 2014 12:01 am - I read, with deep sadness, the Daily Herald's July 31 article, "Engagement leads to firing." Colin Collette, the longtime area church music director, was fired because h...
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Just say 'stop' to IsraelAug 03, 2014 12:01 am - Just say 'stop' to Israel Many of us learned this story in church school when we were little. About 2.000 years Before Christ, the Israelites followed Moses out of ...
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Letter writer should not blame DurbinAug 02, 2014 5:01 am - Dick Stack's letter to the editor on July 20 unfairly and inaccurately places the blame for the current border crisis on Sen. Dick Durbin and his role in the Senate's "G...
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Durbin not culprit in immigration crisisAug 01, 2014 12:01 am - Durbin not culprit in immigration crisis I suspect Mr. Stack who recently wrote a letter to the editor blaming Senator Dick Durbin for the current crisis at the bor...
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Why not ban alcohol, tobacco, too?Jul 31, 2014 12:01 am - Why not ban alcohol, tobacco, too? The St. Charles City Council has refused to allow consideration for video poker approval for charitable causes because of the objectio...
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Elgin's 311 system an initial successJul 31, 2014 12:01 am - Elgin's 311 system an initial success A few days ago, we noticed our streetlight wasn't on. In the past, we would call and report it along with pole type (metal or ...
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Many liberals just don't know the factsJul 30, 2014 5:01 am - In response to James Prescott's remarks about my June post on the "gifts" of liberalism. I have insufficient space to show that his every criticism was wrong. So I'll fo...
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Editorial: Homeless education funding scarce but neededJul 29, 2014 5:01 am - As we learned in staff writer Melissa Silverberg's story on Sunday, homeless students stopped a long time ago being just a Chicago problem. The number of Northwest subur...
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2043 can't come quickly enoughJul 27, 2014 11:00 pm - After hearing U.S. Attorney General speak the other day I thought to myself - the year 2043 can't come fast enough. He spoke of how many of the people who oppose himself...