Elgin Opinion
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Many made healing field happenOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - To all the volunteers who worked so hard to make our 9-11 Memorial Healing Field in Carpenter Park a huge success, thank you. To all the sponsors both financial and in k...
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Nothing wrong with feeding baby formulaOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - In reference to the Sept. 26 article. “Do hospital freebies undermine breast-feeding?,” it would be a shame if hospitals got rid of these free samples of formula. Not ev...
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Visit your grocer and cut the red tapeOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - I recently received a letter from the tollway instructing me to bring in one of my transponders due to end of battery life. I could either stop at a Jewel or the tollway...
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Low-cost mortgages needed for allOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - Let’s reward homeowners for their belief in America. Want to put more money into the economy, slow foreclosures, increase jobs? All homeowners should be entitled to a 4 ...
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Fewer regulations; less interferenceOct 06, 2011 5:00 am - “From the moment I took office, what we’ve seen is a constant ideological pushback against any kind of sensible reforms that would make our economy work better and give ...
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Cannot separate terrorism, religionOct 06, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing this in response to a letter by Aabeda Masra (Fence Post, Sept. 24) regarding the term “radical Islam.” Masra claims that the term vilifies Islam and is “in...
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Sears tax break a detriment to D300Oct 06, 2011 5:00 am - As an employee of Community Unit District 300, I believe that giving Sears this tax break along with the allowing the Village of Hoffman Estates to profit at the expense...
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Obama, Robinson should bone up on mathOct 06, 2011 5:00 am - The Sept. 23 Daily Herald Opinion Page had an article by Eugene Robinson ending with “And we heard Obama’s retort: ‘This is not class warfare. It’s math.’” Well, let’s e...
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Right the wrongs that hurt post officeOct 06, 2011 5:00 am - My husband was a mail carrier for 32 years, retiring in 2000. He passed away June 27. He used to tell me every so often of the postal funds being raided for other branch...
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Kane a leader in fiscal stewardshipOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - Jim Fuller’s Sept. 22 article, “Kane County taxpayers say assessments too low,” raises a number of important points about the struggle to keep property taxes as low as p...