Elgin Opinion
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Razing Cole Hall would be mistakeMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Tearing down Cole Hall is a mistake. I'm not trying to minimize the tragedy, but to tear down a perfectly good building is not the solution. A memorial should be erected...
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Media could regret Obama fascinationMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - The TV show "Commander in Chief" with Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland was one of the best prime-time television programs presented in the fall of 2005. It was so powe...
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Briefs: Choppy charter watersFeb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - The honeymoon didn't last long. One of the main reasons for opening a charter school is to avoid the cost of a unionized teaching force and to have more flexibility and ...
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After AFLA, SOAP, we need STORCFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - A few weeks ago, I read that a new group, Speak Out Against Prejudice (SOAP), was forming. I was truly insulted by this, but I was unable to respond because I was prepar...
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Harrop column was lesson in gibberishFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Froma Harrop. I refuse to ridicule her name, but I must ridicule her writings. Her Feb. 21 column criticizing both the lending industry and the proposed efforts to "fix"...
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Gun control is only realistic answerFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - I disagree with Kristopher Rich's suggestion that the "litany of cries" for gun control after NIU are simpletonian. Isn't it clear that our current gun laws aren't wor...
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Putting God back in school is answerFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The shootings that are occurring in our schools are a terrible shame. There are a lot of very smart people looking for the cause and will make many studies looking for...
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Arrest might have been predictedFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - It's a very sad day for Elgin and its taxpayers when a major drug ring is busted involving a city employee at a city funded facility by the FBI. While serving on the cit...
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Why is this woman free to buy ID again?Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Perhaps you read the story in the papers recently about a woman by the name of Marcelina Castenada who was arrested up at Fisher Nuts. It seems she paid $550 for a set ...
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Sorry, but McCain is not conservativeFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - I wish the media would stop referring to McCain as a conservative when he is actually merely a Republican. True conservatives, such as myself, believe in immigration co...