Elgin Opinion
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Stop the borrowing against our childrenDec 23, 2010 5:00 am - Our legislators have failed us again. Instead of representing constituents, they continue to offer powerful special interest groups extraordinary retirement benefits. Th...
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Pensions, Social Security not similarDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - In response to Mr. Urbanek's letter (Fence Post, Nov. 22) telling us how fortunate we are to be paying into the Teachers Retirement System, I have never seen a letter so...
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Legal marijuana would harm youthsDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Mr. Dan Linn, the director of Illinois NORML, wants this state to legalize cannabis for taxation purposes to help the state out of its debt and for supposedly adult cons...
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A sure way to check for explosivesDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - I have the solution to the touchy feely problem at airports around the country. Why not use bomb buckets like bomb and arson units use to detonate explosives safely? A p...
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You can't beet this for enterpriseDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - It may sound like a poultice your great grandmother mixed up to treat whatever ailed you, this concoction of beet juice, salt brine and calcium chloride. Truth is, it co...
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Teach acceptance of all types of studentsDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Condolences to Mr. John Halligan who recently lost his son, Ryan. Ryan was bullied in school. Our schools do a great job teaching race relations, accepting illegal immig...
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The endless cycle of broken promisesDec 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Wow! The Democrats hoped to pass the DREAM Act as soon as possible. It seems to me all they really wanted was votes in 2012. The election is over and all the humble prom...
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Real leaders turn hard into possibleDec 20, 2010 10:00 pm - I have commented recently that Obama has not done all that much, although he talked a very compelling story when he ran for the presidency. We and he badly need to know ...
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Abstinence only message won't workDec 20, 2010 10:00 pm - It has become a great concern in the local area that surrounds the District 300 schools that the current procedures of the sexual education curriculum are failing. Too m...
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Don't let this money go up in smokeDec 20, 2010 10:00 pm - I just don't understand this. I just heard report on the radio that the folks at O'Hare Airport have confiscated over 100,000 Cuban cigars over the last week or so. The ...