Elgin Opinion
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Appreciate those who work holidaysJun 04, 2012 5:00 am - I found it interesting that the Daily Herald online poll regarding “How do you celebrate Memorial Day?” was so limited. The questions were: Ÿ I attend a ceremony in my ...
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Accounting practices led to pension messJun 03, 2012 5:00 am - Letter writer Rosemary Colbert recently complained that how the pension mess came about has not been explained. I will answer, as I have been answering since 1983. It is...
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The ruling and the working classesJun 03, 2012 4:40 am - The May 27 edition of the Chicago Tribune featured two articles in the Business section that made me think of the Marxist principle of the struggle for power between the...
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The SoapboxJun 02, 2012 4:46 pm - Clear enough? It ought to be at least a little embarrassing that nearly every interaction between the village of Glen Ellyn and the College of DuPage needs to be vetted ...
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We need voter ID to prevent fraudJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - A recent letter to the editor by Michael Fredian claiming requiring voters to show an ID to vote suppresses the Democratic vote as a reason there should be no standard f...
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Madigan’s pension reforms are tardyJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - I read with much amusement the “ideas” presented by many of our state legislators regarding pension reform “deals” being proposed, especially by Michael Madigan. He has ...
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Likelihood of voter fraud is minuteJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - In rebuttal to a letter on May 24 about photo ID for voting. A 2007 Brennan Center for Justice Report titled “The Truth About Voter Fraud” found that it is more likely t...
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More caring needed at senior homesJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - At the end of my work cycle when jobs were tough, I fell into a neat little job at a senior home in Arlington Heights, I was a companion to an elderly person named Harry...
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‘Hunger Games’ offers a true role modelJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - Nearly every review I read of the movie “The Hunger Games” includes a comparison to the Twilight saga. Though many of these reviews favor “The Hunger Games,” I cannot he...
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Average pensioner left out in coldJun 02, 2012 4:40 am - For 30 years I worked at the Elgin Mental Health Center and paid the state for my retirement. It was not a well-paying job but I worked for a promised pension and health...