Elgin Opinion
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Don’t shift pension burden to local districtsApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you, Daily Herald, for the story on the awful state of the state pension system. It was pure irony that on the same page an AP story had House Speaker Michael Madi...
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Each woman must decide what’s rightApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - In the April 17 Fence Post, Karen Malec comments from alleged studies on what is known as “premenopausal breast cancer,” but she is misleading in her quest to suppress a...
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Hang on to the right to defend ourselvesApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - Ben Nejdl claimed that the Second Amendment is a relic of our past and is no longer needed because it was designed to grant citizens the right to defend themselves durin...
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The poor are being overtaxedApr 28, 2012 5:00 am - Here’s a thought for President Obama. Instead of raising tax on the rich who pay most of the taxes anyway, why not lower the tax on the poor? We pay enough already throu...
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The SoapboxApr 28, 2012 1:00 am - Hey! We mean it: Maybe Mother Nature didn’t hear us last week. What happened to that balmy, early spring weather we’ve come to love — and expect? All in the family: Talk...
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Attended rally to support COD facultyApr 27, 2012 1:00 am - The article in the April 20 Daily Herald made reference to comments made by me at a rally of the faculty on Thursday. The reporter claimed that my comments identified Ki...
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Pay for road builders like health careApr 26, 2012 7:54 pm - With Illinois in the midst of a budget crisis and plans under way to make widespread deep cuts in payments to hospitals, doctors and other health services providers, Gov...
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Voter ID needed more than everApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - A recent writer to the Fencepost, Mr. James Prescott, joined with a few other misguided people in claiming that voter identification is an effort to discourage minoritie...
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Elgin looking great, but why visit?Apr 26, 2012 5:00 am - Kudos to the City of Elgin for its upcoming summer siege on downtown. Last year was pretty bad trying to navigate the blocked off streets and detours to do business with...
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Republican Party not what it wasApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - I used to have a lot of respect for both the Democratic and Republican parties. Not so much any more. “Back in the day,” both were able to maintain their moderate-libera...