Elgin Opinion
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Elgin building root of problemsMay 18, 2008 11:00 pm - My husband and I purchased our home located in the Near West Neighborhood in 2003 with hopes of rehabilitating a historical home. As being a lifelong resident of Elgin ...
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Two suggestions to save AmericaMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Can we save America? Let me make two suggestions. One, force everyone who works in this country to have a Social Security number , pay income tax and pay into Social Sec...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook CountyMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Both right and wrong When Hoffman Estates police officer Vince Pusateri declined to shake Cook County Board Chairman Todd Stroger's hand at Tuesday's disaster drill at t...
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We need to fund Social SecurityMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Had enough of government as usual? I have. Let's see, how can senators and representatives know what an average American goes through trying to make enough money to pay ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fox ValleyMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Schools can help as well as educate A good school district is central to a community in providing education and guidance for students. In times of crisis, a school can a...
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Seeing your value in barrels of oilMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - According to economist Scott Burns in a Tuesday Daily Herald column, America's net worth is $57.7 trillion or 498 billion barrels of crude oil. Not long ago, I enlighten...
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Stroger reminds us he doesn't get itMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you Officer Pusateri (front page news story, Wednesday) for letting Mr. Stroger know how we suburbanites feel about his management of Cook County. Further into th...
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Praise for heroes on the home frontMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Ed Szydlowski didn't hesitate when he heard a woman's cries for help as smoke billowed from her home. The Carpentersville village engineer from Hampshire immediately ran...
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Disability laws not taken seriouslyMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Over four years ago, there was a meeting in Elgin that included my self, city representatives and the Illinois Attorney General's Disability Rights Division. The meeting...
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Say no to ComEd's proposed rate hikeMay 12, 2008 11:00 pm - As a customer of ComEd, I oppose the rate hike. Between rising gas prices, and other utility bills, most people barely make enough to get by. If the rate hike is passed ...