Elgin Opinion
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‘Fracking’ can harm our water supplySep 28, 2013 4:40 am - ‘Fracking’ can harm our water supply I’m writing in response to Mark Denzler, co-chair, GROW-IL, in his letter to the editor Sept. 16. In his letter he states a goo...
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Editorial: Truancy, heroin problems are intertwinedSep 27, 2013 5:00 am - If you read Sunday’s paper you may have seen two stories — one about Naperville’s unified attack on heroin use, the other about Kane County’s runaway truancy problem. Wh...
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Obamacare fight not about our healthSep 27, 2013 4:40 am - Obamacare fight not about our health Those seek to defend the current United States public health system by crippling the implementation of Obamacare should tell us...
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GOP ready to shut down governmentSep 26, 2013 4:40 am - The right-wingers in the U.S. House just voted to cut $40 billion from SNAP that helps feed people making less than $14,500 annually. In other words, the Republicans vot...
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Editorial: Let’s be sure Des Plaines River flood-control projects get doneSep 25, 2013 5:00 am - For suburban residents living along the Des Plaines River, the headline “27 projects to curb Des Plaines River flooding” in Tuesday’s Daily Herald was most definitely we...
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Appointments to Metra, RTA boards a setbackSep 23, 2013 4:00 am - To Kane County Chairman Chris Lauzen: What a bitter disappointment to learn of your appointments to the boards of Metra and the RTA. The two nominees, whatever their qua...
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Boost ecosystems; put prisoners to workSep 20, 2013 4:28 pm - On the front pages of the newspapers are headlines about forest fires devastating our national parks. On the next pages are stories concerning overcrowding of prisons in...
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Editorial: Collaboration key in school schedule changesSep 20, 2013 10:11 am - When a district talks about adjusting school start times and schedules, there’s sure to be hearty debate from all sides of the community. Case in point: An argument has ...
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A boating accident waiting to happenSep 20, 2013 4:40 am - A boating accident waiting to happen I am in complete and total agreement with Dennis Garber’s letter about bullies on the river in the Daily Herald’s Sept. 10 “You...
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President weakening our military mightSep 19, 2013 5:00 am - I am generally a hawk when there is good reason to go to war. I believe that we should protect our Allies. But what is President Obama thinking? Each bomb is roughly $1 ...