Elgin Opinion
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School reform bill is just a startJun 25, 2011 3:00 am - We have all read about the “big” school reforms signed into law by Gov Quinn. I just finished reading the 111-page SB 7 and remind the public that tenure one of the bigg...
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Put common sense back in fireams lawsJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - The right to carry arms is for self-protection. The Constitution was written by generally common-sense farmers and businessmen. The time was after the Revolutionary War ...
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Support in-state hospital groupJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Centegra Health System and its predecessor organizations have supported the Northwest suburbs for more than 100 years. I believe that Centegra is a better choice to cont...
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Radiation series had little basis in scienceJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Fear sells newspapers, but perpetuating ignorance shouldn’t be how the Daily Herald makes money. Shouldn’t the Daily Herald have a higher ethical standard? The series on...
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Real reform needed for workers’ compJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - While House Bill 1698 was a start, it fell short of meaningful workers’ comp reform that we need to ease the burden on employers and make Illinois more attractive to bus...
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Unions created middle classJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Union membership has never been more than 30 percent of the workforce. What that 30 percent did was establish the middle class by raising wages, creating a 40-hour workw...
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Eat like your ancestors didJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - Because we are all “programmed” with certain beliefs, we tend to do things over and over without much thought. Much of what we hear, and go on to believe, is out of date...
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Gee, thanks for calling tow truckJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - To the person who called the towing company to remove my car from a desolate lot — my car was parked in the vacant lot behind the Beehive Tavern & Grill in order to tran...
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No easy way to tackle deficitJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - Fence Post writer Bill Sarto is wrong. He worries about having to cut benefits in future “entitlement” payments to future recipients. The U.S. is broke. IOUs from Congre...
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Our property tax system has run amokJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - I was at the Sun City-Huntley meeting on July 18 listening to all of the trauma about how high Kane County taxes were. All I know is I live in Sun City in Grafton Townsh...