Elgin Opinion
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Government’s role is to protect innovationSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - In regard to Michael Lee’s letter (Fence Post. Aug. 26) listing programs representing socialism in America, he defends Democrats and the president, whose modus operandi ...
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Joe Walsh: 'My constituents are my bosses'Sep 16, 2011 12:00 am - Earlier this week, the Daily Herald Editorial Board ran an editorial attacking me for not attending the president's recent address to Congress and for not listening. I h...
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Persuade extremists to get with programSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - “ ... While misconceptions about Islam and its true followers continue to grow with extremists spreading such debris, we are making progress in uniting mankind.” So said...
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Thanks, Fox News, for enlightening meSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - I have been watching Fox News exclusively for the last month and I now understand the Republican ideology regarding federal taxes. The upper one-thenth of 1 percent of t...
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Where are all the flags now?Sep 15, 2011 5:00 am - I was very disappointed riding around my neighborhood on Sept. 11. There were very few flags out. On my whole block there were only two flags — mine and a family who fli...
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Eliminate government worker pensionsSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - There is a lot of talk about cutting expenses to balance budgets in Illinois and Chicago but very little real results. Taxes and tolls have been increased and there is m...
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Cook County contracts need board voteSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - We're all for streamlining government. Eliminating layers can save taxpayers money as well as frustration. But sometimes, knowing a particular government's history gives...
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Look at parties of high-paid officialsSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - On Aug. 24, the Daily Herald published an in-depth article on the front page by Jake Griffin on the obscenely high salaries of local township supervisors. The highest sa...
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Cable costs sending her back to basicsSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - I am getting upset with the cable companies. I’m not the only one with this problem. They are messing around with the free channels so that we’ll get cable. Promise a ce...
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Leave cursive instruction aloneSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - I found your article about teaching cursive writing to our youth in the public schools very interesting, indeed. Having taught and served as principal in two schools in ...