Elgin Opinion
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U.S. has too many energy 'no' votesNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - We need energy to live in our society. Yet when the power company wanted to put lines along Randall Road, people and signs said, "No." Ted Kennedy put a stop to wind far...
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Thanks for helping cat rescue effortsNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I would like to direct this letter to all of the wonderful people for being part of our work of love with kindness and support that brings new life to the animals we are...
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On life and death matters, we must resist dealing in speculationNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Speculation is about the only stock in trade for some mysteries. But that doesn't excuse openly dealing in the commodity An Austin, Texas-based PR agent offered us an in...
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Hoping Illinois can be last on this listNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - With the articles in the news recently on the new coal-fired power plants for our state, without controls to limit or remove carbon dioxide from the exhaust, it is distu...
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Lack of alertness in granting contractNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Where was the U-46 school board during contract negotiations with Superintendent Neale? It was fairly clear that Neale had no intention of remaining in Elgin for any len...
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'No go' diplomats should be ashamedNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - The State Department under Secretary Condoleezza Rice seems unable to carry out any type of diplomatic missions without using the boot of our administration's saber-ratt...
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Don't blame victims for crimesNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Don't blame victims for crimes "Let's give the criminals a pass" That's the take away from one of your editorial staffs' opinions in the Saturday Soapbox dated Oct. 14. ...
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Disregard those who tell us what we thinkNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - It's a funny thing about elections in this country, especially primaries. Whether you accept some of the conspiracy theories or not, it's really rather interesting to ob...
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Master skater Padron returned to thin home ice, despite long historyNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Jesse Padron has been a cloud over the Elgin Police Department for so long, it now seems he must have brought his own rainmaker. Hired in 1988, he managed to work about ...
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Soapbox: Silly law; silly lawsuitNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - It takes a highly elastic imagination to fathom just how the constitutional rights of Buffalo Grove atheist Robert Sherman or his daughter might be harmed by a newly req...