Elgin Opinion
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Huntley High coaches mean so muchMay 04, 2012 5:00 am - Our five children have been three-season athletes in District 158 and our family has spent a good part of our lives participating in or watching athletics events. We kno...
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County GOP needs strong leadershipMay 04, 2012 5:00 am - County GOP needs strong leadership A political heist of the Cook County Republican Party took place last month. It is a concerted effort by a single township chairm...
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Pension proposal unfair to districtsMay 03, 2012 1:00 am - A portion of Gov. Pat Quinn's solution to the state's pension problem calls for shifting a part or all of the cost of the Teachers' Retirement System from the state too ...
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Climate change is real, man-madeMay 02, 2012 5:21 am - We know that climate change denial reports and info being pumped out of many media sources is paid for by millions of dollars from the fossil fuel industries. Coal, oil,...
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Afghanistan strategy needs different focusMay 02, 2012 5:00 am - One year after the U.S. assassination of Osama bin Laden, I’m concerned that our government is still pursuing the same failed war strategy in Afghanistan based on bringi...
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Media’s bias from the right is strongMay 02, 2012 5:00 am - Mr. Lenz’s comments indicate a lack of recall when it comes to history in the media (Fence Post, April 25). Claiming that facts are not told in the media? The most conc...
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Promises of help coming up emptyMay 02, 2012 5:00 am - Where is the foreclosure “help” we were promised from the president and our own attorney general? With all the programs to help us, why are the banks still foreclosing? ...
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Being smart about college loansMay 02, 2012 1:00 am - The premise is simple enough. Keep interest rates manageable so students can borrow money to go to college, improve their lives and be able to pay it back without going ...
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Cameras still rolling as crashes increaseMay 01, 2012 11:08 am - The problem with facts is they don’t lie. No matter how the red-light camera companies and cash-strapped municipalities like to spin it, the facts are clear: Red-light c...
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College has much to do with successMay 01, 2012 6:40 am - I am looking back to the time spent at Kenyon College, my alma mater, and what I got out of it. I remember the emphasis the faculty put on writing. I’ll not ever forget ...