Elgin Opinion
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Of climate change and oilAug 18, 2012 4:40 am - Good science requires that every belief should be held open to honest challenge. Good public policy should be based on the preponderance of evidence. The former suggests...
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Cheap treasuries for infrastructure jobsAug 16, 2012 4:40 am - Foreign countries trust America with their money so much that they continue to invest in our Treasury notes even though the yields are so low. Now is the time for our go...
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Work together to limit climate changeAug 16, 2012 4:40 am - Some like it hot. Some not. I prefer the good old summer days, when regular hot was hot enough. Now James Hansen as well as Bill McKibben have weighed in on climate chan...
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Let’s call them Obama tax cutsAug 16, 2012 4:40 am - Letter writer Tom Minnerick thinks President Bush’s policies gave us a recession. Why then did President Obama extend the Bush tax rates twice? I think the tax rates are...
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Letter on Medicare reflects scare tacticsAug 15, 2012 5:00 am - In response to Elke M. Trescott (“Know what will happen to Medicare,” July 17), she erroneously stated that Medicare premiums will increase 100 percent by 2014 under the...
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‘Discrimination’ just another word for ‘hate’Aug 15, 2012 4:40 am - I sit here and wonder how hoards of people could head to Chick-fil-A’s Appreciation Day solely to support a company which proudly donates their money to organizations th...
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Editorial: Turnaround at Lake County Fair encouragingAug 14, 2012 5:00 am - The attendance figures for the 84th annual Lake County Fair, which ended a couple of weeks ago, won’t knock anyone’s socks off. A total of 91,548 visitors, up about 2.8 ...
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Please check Medicare facts firstAug 14, 2012 5:00 am - The headline of Elke Trescott’s letter to the editor on July 17 caught my attention. I was surprised at her claim that “Medicare premiums will increase a whopping 100 pe...
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Troubled by ECC public safety, truck schoolsAug 14, 2012 4:40 am - The Burlington village board OK’d a conceptual plan for ECC’s vision of a regional public safety and sustainability facility. We the people voted to approve a $178 milli...
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No wonder approval of Congress waningAug 14, 2012 4:40 am - William Hicks’ July 26 letter to the editor regarding the Republican House members refusing to compromise on the issue of raising the debt ceiling last summer and the ne...