Elgin Opinion
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Unpump the volume, CarpentersvilleDec 12, 2010 10:00 pm - As a resident of Carpentersville, the level of music that comes from passing vehicles is becoming a nuisance. The city of Carpentersville should enforce a noise ordinanc...
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Ways to improve juvenile justiceDec 11, 2010 10:00 pm - When I was inducted in June as president of the Illinois State Bar Association, I made a commitment to work closely with our association members to reform our woefully i...
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Keep your cool around school busesDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - My 3-year-old twins started preschool last week. What should be a wonderful experience has turned into a nightmare because impatient drivers feel the need to honk and go...
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It's been a big news year in suburbsDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - The suburbs have witnessed a plethora of native sons and daughters do extraordinary things this year, as the Daily Herald's Kristen Menke outlined Friday. In fact, in t...
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Pension makes big differenceDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Dave Urbanek of the Teachers Retirement System recently responded to my letter to the Fence Post in which I suggested the creation of a “Pension Benefit Preservation Fun...
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U.S. too quick to go to warDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - I was drafted into the Army in 1963 and served proudly. In those days if you didn't pass the physical you were a sissy. Since then, after three wars, my mind has changed...
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Bipartisanship cures amnesiaDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - It has not taken long for the Republican talking heads to forget recent history. The most recent Republican in the White House, George W. Bush, inherited a record federa...
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Keep smoking out of casinosDec 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Keep smoking out of casinos
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Thanks for your political supportDec 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Thanks for your political support
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Time to repeal Don't Ask Don't TellDec 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Time to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell