Elgin Opinion
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Give immigrants a chance at the dreamJan 01, 2012 4:00 am - A Nov. 12 article in The New York Times, “Under New U.S. Policy on Deportation,” is very inconsistent. I believe we will find a common ground on solving this issue. Pres...
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Value of life must not be diminishedDec 30, 2011 11:00 pm - We can only imagine the extreme panic, loss of reason and contempt for human life that it takes for someone to kill a newborn child. Yet 19-year-old Jessica Cruz of Hano...
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Emanuel’s policies stifle freedomsDec 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Near the beginning of the 20th century, the labor group Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), known as the “Wobblies,” was smeared and vilified in the press by the move...
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Why the royal treatment for Blago?Dec 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Congratulations for “Blago.” How wonderful, an extra month of freedom before you start your supposed 14-year sentence for corruption. How nice of Judge Zagel granting hi...
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Schools must live within their meansDec 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Before the ink gets dry on my morning Herald, let me forward my thanks and appreciation for the editorial on the rash of school district actions approving tax levies. Wi...
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The SoapboxDec 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Celebrate sensibly: It might be a timeworn bit of advice, but it remains an important one, simply told by the municipal sign outside the Schaumburg police/fire departmen...
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Is Roskam really working for us?Dec 29, 2011 4:00 am - I just received a very slick and colorful mailing from Congressman Peter Roskam — the No. 1 user of congressional free postage. I object! In small type it’s noted “this ...
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Attach punishment to enrollment theftDec 28, 2011 4:00 am - The Daily Herald reports that whenever out-of-district students whose residency information has been falsified are discovered, the district is “legally required to ask f...
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Support flagging for Batavia schoolsDec 27, 2011 4:00 am - To the Batavia school board: Give or take a year I was one of many who along with 85-year-old Amos Hartman sparked a yes vote on a referendum ... a generation ago. Now i...
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Let U.S. officials make the statementsDec 27, 2011 4:00 am - Communist North Korea’s President Kim Jong II died a few days ago and our poli“trick”cians are voicing their opinions without consideration for Secretary of State Hillar...