Elgin Opinion
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More life-affirming alternatives neededFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Peggy Simonsen takes exception to Rep. Joe Walsh's position on social issues in her Fence Post letter printed in the Feb. 13 edition of the Daily Herald. While she is en...
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Medical marijuana effort a big hoaxFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Despite several defeats, state Rep. Lou Lang continues to pull every ploy possible to perpetrate a hoax on the citizens of Illinois by trying to pass SB 1381, which woul...
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This will be do-nothing CongressFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - When Gail Rose of Huntley suggested the president should work with Republicans, I wonder what she has been paying attention to over the first two years of the Obama pres...
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Be careful what you ask forFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - There has been a lot said about the Affordable Care Act. There’s also been a lot of distortion and deception about “death panels” from those who benefit from insurance c...
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Hope from invigorated neighborhoodsFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - The images are all too familiar in troubled times. Empty storefronts dominate the strip malls that were once symbols, if somewhat crassly so, of suburban economic vitali...
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Many questions surround deer killFeb 21, 2011 10:00 pm - Contrary to recent reports, one deer, not two, infected with Chronic Wasting Disease was killed near Binnie Woods by a bow hunter. The other was shot near Burlington. Wa...
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Appreciates legal notices in papersFeb 21, 2011 10:00 pm - I oppose House Bill 1869 reducing the requirement that governments publish legal notices in newspapers. I read the legal notices in all the newspapers. Had I not read ab...
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Irish were friends from dawn of nationFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - February is the month we honor the memory of our first President. It is appropriate to remember some of George Washington’s words. These are some he spoke in gratitude. ...
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More funds needed to aid mentally illFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - The remembrance of the Northern Illinois University’s shooting tragedy’s third anniversary was most appropriate in that we must not forget the basic cause of that event ...
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Women need access to safe abortionFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - The tragic Philadelphia story where a doctor provided illegal, inhumane and dangerous abortion procedures in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods only highlights the ...