Elgin Opinion
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Focus on adjunct quality, not quantityOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - As a way to save costs, community colleges have increasingly hired adjunct instructors. Bargain that they are, part-timers also allow schools to easily fill gaps and exp...
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Change in tax code essential to recoveryOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - This letter is in response to Donald Froelich’s letter suggesting that multimillionaire Warren Buffett should put his money where his mouth is by going ahead and donatin...
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Step up to plate for Nick’s PizzaOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - It has come to my attention that Nick’s Pizza & Pub is in severe financial trouble and may have to close its doors within the next month barring some sort of miracle. Ni...
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Surely there must be a job for everyoneOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - Jobs? Stimulus? For the life of me I cannot understand why we attempt to create jobs in phony trickle-down, roundabout ways. The idea that injecting borrowed dollars int...
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Defends townships and work they doOct 04, 2011 11:00 pm - I cannot permit the printing of Edie Phillip's letter on Sept. 13 questioning the purpose of townships without my rebuttal. As a caretaker at my local church for the pas...
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Dold’s vote helps protect air, healthOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - I am so very grateful Rep. Bob Dold stood up for clean air by voting against the TRAIN Act. Amid burgeoning House support for industrial smokestacks over public health, ...
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Convert old Sherman to VA hospitalOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - What is Sherman Hospital doing with the old Sherman Hospital? Nothing, just making movies and the Greater Elgin Family Care Center moved into it. But I’ve got a better i...
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Justice system applies to immigrants, nonimmigrants alikeOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - The recent op-ed in which Hanover Park Mayor Rod Craig criticizes Cook County’s new ordinance establishing a policy for responding to ICE detainer requests is yet anothe...
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Is Walsh character or lacking character?Oct 04, 2011 12:00 am - Joe Walsh is a character? Now that Joe Walsh has announced his intentions to abandon his own district and run against the GOP incumbent Randy Hultgren, I can’t wait to s...
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Shine a light on adults with Asperger’sOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - I want to thank you for running the AP article about Aspiritech and finally calling attention to the adult autistic community. I have Asperger’s syndrome and experience ...