Elgin Opinion
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Leadership, not denial, needed in fight vs. gangsSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The city of Elgin knows how to fight gangs and violence. Or at least it used to. Winning takes neighborhood involvement and the full engagement of city hall, from the po...
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Like others, Neale rides the cash cowSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - It seems that School District U-46's educational messiah joined the list of other public servants to threaten themselves into huge benefits. Now Connie Neale also joins ...
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Being thoroughly pillaged leaves one short on sympathySep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Lab reports, phone messages from doctors, long-term prognoses. None are among my favorite things. But I didn't make Superintendent Connie Neale's health my business. She...
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Involvement crucial to democratic healthSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Involvement crucial to democratic health Monday marks the 220th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America by the 55 delegates to the...
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Soapbox: For children's sakeSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Earlier this week, police arrested a convicted sex offender in Glen Ellyn after he was accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl who lived in the same apa...
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Enforce the laws on immigrationSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Your Daily Herald opinion on the deportation of Elvira Arellano misses the point entirely. As a magician waves a red silk scarf in one hand to distract (the Elvira situa...
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Soapbox: District 300 puts FOIA onlineSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Community Unit District 300 recently began offering Freedom of Information Act forms and documents on the district's Web site, www.d300.org. If you click on the "Freedom...
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Vegan teacher's action out of lineSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Amazing! I'm referring to the incident with Dave Warwak, an art teacher, who was trying to teach and impose his vegan lifestyle on Fox River Grove Middle School students...
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Paper missed most of shooting storySep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - I am shocked, amazed and disappointed at the article published on Sunday, Sept. 8, regarding the shots fired on Hastings Street in Elgin. This article provided no detail...
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Schlomann taking some positive stepsSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Schlomann taking some positive steps After my recent letter in the Daily Herald regarding the use of consultants in D303 I received a call from Superintendent Schlomann,...