Elgin Opinion
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Editorial: Tying state budgets to audit resultsJan 19, 2014 4:00 am - As much as we decry the spendthrift ways our state government generally works, we also have to acknowledge that there are many in Springfield who try to do their part to...
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Graduated tax about honor and fairnessJan 19, 2014 3:40 am - Graduated tax about honor and fairness I disagree with your “Our View” editorial in the Jan. 5 issue of the Daily Herald where you state your opposition to the grad...
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Offended by all-Spanish flierJan 18, 2014 4:00 am - I received a flier in the mail from a local bank and two others regarding a loan program. It was all in Spanish. I feel the banks actually discriminated against me as I ...
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The SoapboxJan 18, 2014 4:00 am - Missed opportunity: Lori Price, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 board president, says the number of applicants for the superintendent’s post being vacated by Kathy Birk...
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Editorial: King’s dream still a work in progressJan 17, 2014 4:00 am - Growing up in small-town Georgetown, Ill., in the 1940s, Clyde Brooks wasn’t allowed to be a Boy Scout, eat in the dining room in restaurants or use the local gas statio...
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Christie’s minions know ShakespeareJan 14, 2014 3:40 am - Christie’s minions know Shakespeare His minions take political revenge by shutting down Fort Lee, N.J., and blocking the busiest bridge in the world, and yet the go...
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Editorial: An election system set up to help incumbentsJan 13, 2014 6:59 am - U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield got a pass in the Democratic primary in the 10th Congressional District Thursday when Arlene Hickory of Lake Bluff got knocked off ...
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The SoapboxJan 11, 2014 9:14 am - New to our weather lexicon: Just when we thought we had encountered every possible weather phenomenon — this is the Chicago area, after all — on Friday we were treated t...
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NRA blinded by its passion for gunsJan 10, 2014 3:40 am - NRA blinded by its passion for guns I read with amusement the NRA member’s condemnation of the excellent political cartoon that accurately describes the feelings of...
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New Year’s wish: Show humility, RushJan 09, 2014 3:40 am - New Year’s wish: Show humility, Rush Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing radio GOP champion, should take a lesson from Pope Francis and stop his bigotry, fear-mongering a...