Elgin Opinion
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Village expenditures hard to fathomNov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Over the last four years, the property values in Wheeling have dropped between 20 percent and 30 percent while over that same period the village of Wheeling has raised t...
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Bond sale is unnecessaryNov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - As reported in the Oct. 8 issue of the Daily Herald, I stated that the $20 million of working cash fund bonds that District 214 is planning to sell is totally unnecessar...
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Stop the presses! It’s Tea Party, not tea partyNov 06, 2011 7:00 am - Let me announce that from this day forward, it is the Tea Party. Not the tea party. At least in the Daily Herald, where we made the decision to depart from The Associate...
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Occupy protests simplistic, misguidedNov 06, 2011 5:00 am - The Occupy Wall Street gaggle of protesters who honk “Banks got bailed out! We got sold out!” ought to get their facts straight. The $245 billion lent — not given — to b...
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Lower speed limit on Green RoadNov 06, 2011 5:00 am - Here are some comments on the article, “Speed limits on Green Road may fall.” I live near Green Road and use it daily. The speed limit on Green is indeed 50 mph. It shou...
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Standing tall as ever for Herman CainNov 05, 2011 6:06 am - Thanks, Politico! I’ve always admired Herman Cain, but your recent “revelations,” taken straight from the left’s Clarence Thomas playbook, have solidified my support for...
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Hit-and-run driver callous, foolishNov 05, 2011 6:06 am - I don’t want to be one of those people who just rants on and on about how cruel the people of this world are. However, after reading “Elgin police seek driver in hit-and...
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Who will vote Democrats out?Nov 05, 2011 6:06 am - The stench of corruption emanating from Springfield has become so overpowering that it is difficult to believe that the millions of voters who blindly vote for Democrats...
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Give race tracks sports bookNov 05, 2011 6:06 am - I have the solution to the slot machines at race tracks issue. Instead of slot machines at racetracks, give them a sports book option. Why not? We have all other forms o...
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More obstructionism, fewer rights for usNov 05, 2011 6:06 am - The obstructionists are on top of their game. The debt ceiling issue was pressed to zero hour by the Republicans before it was put in the hands of a Super Committee. The...