Elgin Opinion
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The SoapboxAug 17, 2013 5:00 am - Here they come: With the return of today’s International Festival of Racing, once again Arlington International Racecourse gets a chance to show the world what a first-c...
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Jackson sentence doesn’t make justiceAug 16, 2013 5:00 am - What a travesty! Poor Rod Blagojevich gets 15 years for lying and didn’t steal a cent, and Jesse Jackson Jr. gets 2½ years for stealing $750,000. Go figure. To top it of...
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Create list for the ‘drug-enhanced’Aug 15, 2013 4:40 am - Create list for the ‘drug-enhanced’ Alex Rodriguez, JhonnyPeralta, Nelson Cruz and other misfits have been suspended by MLB for cheating by taking PED. It’s a slap ...
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More are opting out of ObamacareAug 14, 2013 4:40 am - More are opting out of Obamacare Diana Neisman makes Obamacare, the affordable health care, sound so great I want to sign right up. Wait a minute, Unions want to op...
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A great deal of food collected at paradeAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - On behalf of the Hanover Township officials, the staff and all of the volunteers of our Welfare Services Department, I would like to thank the community for their outpou...
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Be safe with alcohol at Elgin festsAug 12, 2013 5:00 am - The Daily Herald has provided excellent coverage of Elgin’s downtown festivals, including Art/Soul on the Fox, Walkabout Theater, various musical performances, kids acti...
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The SoapboxAug 10, 2013 12:27 pm - Keeping perspective: In an editorial referencing a Buffalo Grove letter about a proposed supportive housing project in Arlington Heights, we failed to note that, that pr...
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A true pioneer among African-AmericansAug 10, 2013 5:00 am - I am going to miss my longtime friend Mary Wheeler West. I first met Mary in 1985 when I started to do research into Elgin’s African-American community. We met at the li...
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Editorial: Schools right to study drug, alcohol testingAug 07, 2013 5:00 am - Two years ago, we supported an effort at Lake Zurich High School to institute random drug testing for students in extracurricular activities or who have a parking permit...
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Cars can’t rely solely on powered gadgetsAug 06, 2013 4:40 am - Cars can’t rely solely on powered gadgets On the front page July 26, there is a sad story about a man who had to die only because there was no way to break anything...