Elgin Opinion
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Is contract really in 220’s best interests?Jan 14, 2013 3:30 am - District 220’s decision to extend the superintendent’s contract is just one more example of the school board spending public money for the wrong reasons. While the schoo...
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Our money just keeps flowing outJan 14, 2013 3:30 am - Hello out there! Is anybody in Barrington awake? Is anyone paying attention to what is happening in our community? In case you just woke up: 1. The Barrington Area Libra...
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Abortion a personal choice for womenJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - I was just reading Arlene Sawicki’s “right to life” rant, which was full of untruths. It moved me to send another donation to Planned Parenthood. For those who didn’t kn...
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‘Entitlements’ need individual solutionsJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - Congressmen generally use the umbrella phrase of “entitlements” as the cause and cure of our national deficit problem. Occasionally they list the three largest ones: Soc...
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Bigger problem: gun control or abortion?Jan 08, 2013 3:20 am - Bigger problem: gun control or abortion? What happened in Connecticut was horrific. The shameless pandering of what happened by gun control advocates to push their ...
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Let’s make this a better year for allJan 07, 2013 1:02 pm - Let’s make this a better year for all As an avid reader of the Daily Herald and especially the editorial page, I was impressed with “Our View” on Jan. 2. The “Resol...
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Editorial: Take flu precautions for yourself, othersJan 07, 2013 4:00 am - Gesundheit! Now go home. Yes, and get some rest and drink plenty of fluids. And if you aren’t sneezing or coughing yet, your lungs and nasal passages clogged with conges...
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Lawmakers, here's a bill you really could get behindJan 06, 2013 4:00 am - Excerpt from an official, top-secret, confidential internal memo I fired off to the bosses this past week: “This is too late to help us this time around, but I think we ...
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Protect ourselves — and our childrenJan 06, 2013 3:37 am - Protect ourselves — and our children All Americans hearts have been wounded by the murders of the children and teachers in Newtown, Conn. This was a senseless act o...
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The SoapboxJan 05, 2013 4:00 am - Just walk the extra steps: Pretending to be disabled to get a good parking spot is pretty low, but it’s rampant enough that a new state law cracks down on using the disa...