Elgin Opinion
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How our schools excel while failing the examOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - Our children’s schools are failing. More so than ever. That’s the message being conveyed if you look strictly at the data of the 2011 report card for all schools in Illi...
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Who’d have thought we’d have a dictator?Oct 30, 2011 5:00 am - In my 84 years, I never believed I would see a man with Barack Obama’s background elected president of the United States of America. What do we the people know about him...
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Rev up the coverage of auto racingOct 29, 2011 6:06 am - I’ve been a resident of Palatine close to 70 years. When I was young, my dad (who was a race car driver in his younger days) would take me to all the local and some not-...
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Obama jobs bill is misdirectedOct 29, 2011 6:06 am - It seems President Obama is looking to bypass Congress, which looks to wisely reject his latest jobs bill. Right now, as Obama said in an recent speech, Europe is on the...
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Cantor, tea party promote divisivenessOct 29, 2011 6:06 am - Membership in the tea party means being out of touch with reality. For instance, there’s Eric Cantor, the Republican tea party dandy from Virginia who recently used his ...
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Mayor can do more to limit tax rateOct 29, 2011 6:06 am - To St. Charles Mayor Donald DeWitte: I write with great concern for all taxpayers. As you are aware, we have faced difficult economic conditions for several years now. T...
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Chicago soaking the suburbs unfairlyOct 29, 2011 6:06 am - The news services are reporting that Chicago Mayor Emanuel’s budget includes a proposed tax increase for water usage for the suburban municipalities that receive water f...
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Setting the record straight on economyOct 29, 2011 6:06 am - Richard Clark’s Oct. 19 letter blaming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the financial meltdown is pure, unmitigated nonsense. If Mr. Clark had taken the time to inform him...
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Administrative jobs aplenty in Dist. 26Oct 29, 2011 6:00 am - In the Daily Herald article “Survey: District 26 administrators underpaid” on Oct. 13, Cary Elementary District Superintendent Brian Coleman claims that the average sala...
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Don’t believe Perry’s, Cain’s tax plansOct 29, 2011 6:00 am - Herman Cain and Rick Perry say they will address the current “jobs problem” by repealing the entire Internal Revenue Code and replacing it with Cain’s 9-9-9 tax or Perry...