Elgin Opinion
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Small businesses need care, tooDec 27, 2011 4:00 am - Big Illinois government is fell all over itself to pay hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money to big companies in a desperate attempt to keep them located in ...
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Why are border states worst off?Dec 27, 2011 4:00 am - On Dec. 15 you ran an article from The Associated Press that mentioned a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by. Withou...
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Meeting for parents of special-needs kidsDec 26, 2011 5:00 am - As a parent of a special needs teenager, in a state which is 47th in the nation in providing education and services to children and young adults with special needs, if a...
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Grateful to staff at Rainbow HospiceDec 26, 2011 5:00 am - I would like to publicly thank everyone at Rainbow Hospice at the Ark in Park Ridge, for the wonderful care they gave my son, Dino, in his final days. Their care and com...
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Positive steps toward cleaner airDec 26, 2011 5:00 am - Last week the Environmental Protection Agency released new standards that will limit emissions of pollutants like mercury, arsenic, lead, sulfur dioxide, cyanide and oth...
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There’s a fine line between funny, sadDec 26, 2011 5:00 am - Through the years Hollywood has taught us that there’s a fine distinction between comedy and tragedy. The report by Paul Bianco of the 85-year-old-curb rider outside of ...
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Changes in juvenile justice are workingDec 26, 2011 5:00 am - Thank you for your recent editorial on the juvenile justice system in Illinois. We wholeheartedly agree with your call for an approach to youth that builds on what the r...
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Illegal immigrants taking nonfarm jobsDec 26, 2011 5:00 am - When will columnists like Esther Cepeda stop wasting their time writing columns about non-issues like whether the term “anchor baby” is offensive and start dealing with ...
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Christmas music is no threatDec 25, 2011 4:00 am - For years Christmas was celebrated as “the birth of Christ.” Today it has become very commercial and celebrated more with Santa, holiday songs and lit-up houses, governm...
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Obamacare protects loyal employeesDec 25, 2011 4:00 am - According to columnist George Will, CKE Restaurants would essentially be forced by Obamacare to convert some of its full-time employees to part time “to limit the growth...