Elgin Opinion
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Editorial: Disclosure bill misses target of corporate tax reformDec 18, 2012 4:00 am - The desire for open information and the want of a friendly business climate are at odds in a proposal halfway through the General Assembly. The bill would require public...
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It may be too late for our democracyDec 16, 2012 3:40 am - I was told there is a book out about democracies that says that none has lasted more than 250 years. Ours is at around 238 years. The failure comes about because people ...
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Don’t pick on cat foster momDec 14, 2012 3:40 am - Let me see if I understand this correctly. The Village of South Elgin in its infinite wisdom has decided that a person who has devoted most of her life to abandoned anim...
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Editorial: Key lesson of scandals: Hazing is never acceptableDec 12, 2012 8:45 am - As a brief history of hazing examples published in Monday’s Daily Herald shows, incidents of hazing like those at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools are neither...
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Graham, McCain are hypocritesDec 12, 2012 3:00 am - GOP Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain are demonstrating clear hypocrisy be trying to pre-empt the president's nomination of Susan Rice to replace Hillary Clinton a...
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More bike paths for Elgin’s safety, healthDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - Elgin is not as bike-friendly as a cyclist would like for it to be. More bike lanes need to be added for safely commuting throughout the city, to help attract more visit...
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Neither side is right in ‘cliff’ debateDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - I find it appalling that Washington is playing this game of cat and mouse with the looming “fiscal cliff.” They ran our country into the ground and it is their job to pu...
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Time to rethink parking at ECCDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - The parking lot at Elgin Community College needs to be improved. Students speed through it recklessly, traffic gets backed up because there are only a few exits, and stu...
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So many offices, candidates, so little timeDec 09, 2012 4:00 am - I've long held that the suburbs need a benevolent dictator or perhaps an elected king. I say that in jest, of course, but it's no laughing matter how many units of gover...
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Editorial: Clock is ticking for towns, taxpayers on another pension crisisDec 09, 2012 4:00 am - The pension proposal for teachers and state employees offered by state Rep. Elaine Nekritz last week was, as we noted at the time, a promising if imperfect advance on a ...