Elgin Opinion
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Handicapped spots are for handicapped peopleAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - I’ve just come from the Huntley Post Office. There is one handicapped parking space in front of the post office, on the east side of Woodstock Street, facing north. A bl...
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House out of power? Car could be tooAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - The recent storm (tornado?) that ripped through Mt. Prospect left our home without electrical power for some three long days. We lost some food and had minimal damage. T...
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Unpaid child support tells us who Walsh isAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - I just read Mrs. (U.S. Congressman) Joe Walsh’s December 2010 verified petition for $115,000 of unpaid child support. It is 55 pages, with exhibits. It says that Joe sti...
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Thanks for the Dow nosedive, tea partyAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - The people of the whole world held their collective breath while the tea party took our financial future hostage by manufacturing a crisis. In resolving the hysteria, Sp...
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Stability no argument against gay marriageAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Larry O’Neill of Palatine supports a ban on gay marriage and civil unions (Fence Post, June 18) because he has “carefully thought through the implications for our countr...
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Be consistent in criticismsAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - We should be taking notice that the extreme and violent behavior witnessed in Oslo is not only associated with one man’s belief in Christ, but that it was driven by it. ...
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Why support nations that don’t like us?Aug 07, 2011 12:00 am - There are around 192 countries in the world and we give aid to 158 of them. Many of these countries hate us like 82 percent of Egypt. Cuba, Venezuela, Pakistan, Russia a...
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Republican leaders’ actions should make us proudAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - Despite biased negative media depictions to the contrary, I am proud of many of our elected officials in Washington such as Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., Congressm...
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Harry Potter will always be part of usAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - Harry Potter is over. Never again can we look forward to a night of dressing up as Harry, Ron, Hermione or, in my case, a Death Eater, excitedly awaiting outside a books...
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When laws broken, accept consequencesAug 06, 2011 3:00 am - The Daily Herald reported July 15 that protesters upset with Taco Bell’s decision to fire four of its employees picketed the Rolling Meadows restaurant. Indeed it is eve...