Elgin Opinion
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With felonies, deportation has its placeSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - Trial and error is a hallmark of responsible government. It would be foolhardy to establish a law and never revisit it to see if it’s actually working, if it’s achieving...
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If we build it we will thriveSep 29, 2011 5:00 am - I found four Fence Post letters recently in the Daily Herald — the authors all said the GOP is only fighting the president on job creation. The same type of letters come...
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Lauzen might make sense of tax snafuSep 28, 2011 4:00 am - The assessment process in Rutland Township in Kane County continues to be a joke. The reason is the wrong people in the wrong position, starting with Kane County Board C...
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What about the CL South kicker?Sep 28, 2011 4:00 am - How could you write a column about high school football kickers and not mention Brad Walovitch of Crystal Lake South? Kicking a 51-yarder with six seconds left in a tie ...
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Fairness needed in tax codesSep 28, 2011 4:00 am - The GOP political leaders responded to President Obama’s revenue proposal by calling it class warfare. They have got to be kidding. I recently read that 25 of the highes...
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Stop the pettiness in CongressSep 28, 2011 4:00 am - I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am thoroughly fed up with the adversarial attitude in the Congress. It seems that there was less animosity and division during ...
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Hopsital argument holds no waterSep 28, 2011 4:00 am - With reference to recent letters and the Centegra advertising blitz, consider the following. First, we have to live with the grievous mistake of approving the transfer o...
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Money takers now outnumber suppliersSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - The end of a good thing. I think the first guy to observe this truth was Cicero, Roman Senator in about 33 B.C.; the most recent was a professor Tyler in Scotland in 177...
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Real penalties needed for church to improveSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Recently Pope Benedict commented that he could understand why some Catholics abandoned the church in view of the most recent sex scandals. The Pope then opined that Cath...
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Haunted house glorifies evil eventsSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - It is beyond imagination that anyone would glorify the grisly events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair that are portrayed in the new Rosemont haunted house. Cele...