Elgin Opinion
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Arrogance clouds pension debateDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Mr. Urbanek's response to Mr. Fuch's very practical plan to fund pensions is a reflection of the selfishness and arrogance of the leadership in our education community. ...
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Reduce county's lawsuits expensesDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - According to the recent Daily Herald article, “Cook settles jail ‘hazing' suit for $55 million,” the $55 million settlement in the inmate mass strip-search case will lik...
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Saturday Soapbox: The Bob and Joe ShowDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - The Bob and Joe Show, Part 1: The relationship between outgoing DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom and departing State's Attorney Joe Birkett hasn't bee...
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Kaneland folks show generosityDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - I would like to thank friends throughout the Kaneland community for answering the call to help the Between Friends Food Pantry. After hearing of the ever-expanding need ...
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Stop the additions to spending billsDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - A simple rule change would make spending easier to control since everything would be out in the open. That rule: Riders are no longer allowed on any bill passed at any l...
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Dream Act makes senseDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - The Dream Act is up for consideration in the lame duck Congress. This is a very controversial proposal with the vagarious support of Sen. Dick Durbin. With today's econo...
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Clarification on brain deathDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Your article on the “brain-dead” Oquawka, Ill., man who woke up and began talking after surgery for an aortic aneurysm gave the impression that the physicians had declar...
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Robbing Peter to pay PaulDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - What are our Illinois elected officials smoking now? While us taxpayers are shifting our attention from Springfield to area malls this holiday season, our elected repres...
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Money the priority over our healthDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Now why would the legislature even consider lifting the smoking ban in the casinos? I know they've suddenly determined that smoking is good for our health! And of cours...
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Added security is worth the scansDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - To all those who are flying and feel that the TSA is going too far by patting people down or requiring them to go through the new body scanners, quit complaining. If you...