Elgin Opinion
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D303 should fix weighted gradesAug 12, 2012 4:40 am - I read Jake O’Hara’s and Britney Davidson’s letters regarding class rank with great interest. I agree with Britney that life is competitive and working to achieve high c...
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The SoapboxAug 11, 2012 5:00 am - Golden memories: Whether they won gold medals or not, we salute suburban athletes representing us well at the 2012 Olympic Games. From Aurora's Anna Li cheering on her g...
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Tough life lessons to learn in the standsAug 09, 2012 5:00 am - At a recent major league ballgame a foul ball was hit into the stands. An adult happened to catch the ball. Unbeknown to him, a few seats down sat a cute 3-year-old litt...
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Constitution supports health care actAug 09, 2012 4:40 am - “To promote the general welfare” in our Constitution has a great deal of relevance. Since 1933 we have had Social Security by our government with premiums paid for this ...
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Editorial: ‘Civic contribution’ an unseemly skimAug 08, 2012 5:00 am - A tenth of a penny doesn’t sound like much — especially when it can be translated into thousands of dollars for government. But when it comes to the faith between citize...
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Editorial: A road map to transparencyAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - When Lombard Village Trustee Peter Breen was elected in April 2011, he made transparency in village government a priority. It’s no wonder then that Lombard now is a mode...
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Obama’s contempt for American DreamAug 05, 2012 4:40 am - Obama claims that his “You didn’t build that” remark has been taken out of context, because he was referring to government roads and bridges; but the context is even wor...
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Vote for Romney favors the richAug 05, 2012 4:40 am - How long will Romney refuse to release his tax returns? We already know he has a $100 million IRA, accounts in the Caymans, Bermuda and Switzerland. So, while Romney dod...
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More taxes, fewer servicesAug 05, 2012 4:00 am - With more than half the year gone, we can look back again at the City of Elgin budget for 2012 and separate the facts from the fiction. When this year's budget was appro...
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We need fresh start: Vote out incumbentsAug 04, 2012 5:00 am - Once elected, our legislators, both state and federal, forget their campaign promises and concentrate on what is really important, their re-election. The perks of their ...