Elgin Opinion
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Badly timed Sleepy Hollow increase does littleOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Grappling with budget deficits that have forced difficult and sometimes unpopular choices, Sleepy Hollow leaders have whittled what was once a projected $230,000 budget ...
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation DistrictOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - News reports this year have painted a picture of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District as an agency engulfed in a bureaucratic morass. The district seems increasi...
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Recall of Buffalo Grove's Stone would set bad precedentOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - As a 25-year resident of Buffalo Grove, I am very appreciative of the outstanding efforts of past and present village leaders. However, I am very concerned the removal o...
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Walker stands up for women, childrenOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - I want to thank our new state representative, Mark Walker, for taking an active role in standing up to domestic violence. In addition to domestic violence laws in Spring...
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Make sure we elect the right peopleOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - I am a concerned neighbor of yours. Here is why: Early last month I marched in the 40th annual Schaumburg Labor Day parade down Summit Avenue. I saw all of those wonderf...
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Timing is bad for library proposalsOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Circulation at the St. Charles Public Library has skyrocketed 333 percent in the past 20 years and the number of registered users has shot up 58 percent. The library is ...
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Vote Walsh to restore fiscal sanity, jobsOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - The recent (10/17) Daily Herald endorsements leave me confused. They net out to keeping the House solid blue yet you seem to favor fiscal sanity and job growth. In other...
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Fireworks at WHS shows up villageOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Yes, I know I'm getting repetitive and really showing what an old man I am, but I was in complete awe last night at the Wheeling High School Homecoming game when at half...
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Quinn's has record of caring about petsOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Earlier this year, Bill Brady sponsored legislation that would allow for the mass gassing of sheltered dogs and cats His “final solution” would painfully kill pets over ...
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A midterm election conversationOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - “Gonna vote Tom?” “Nope, John. I'm taking a pass.” “Why?” “They're all dopes!” “Didn't you vote last time?” “Yep . . . for hope and change.” “And what did you get?” ...