Elgin Opinion
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A vote for Bean is a vote for fiscal senseOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Let me get this straight. The ultimate in “fiscal conservatism” is not to pay your taxes, your mortgage, your car insurance. You allow other, more civic-minded citizens ...
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Closer, but still 'no' in BataviaOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Two years ago, the Batavia Park District wanted $36 million to build a recreation center and rehab the quarry beach, which would have significantly raised taxes. We rec...
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Survivor feels the 'power of pink'Oct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to give a standing ovation to Steve Rusin and the entire Buffalo Grove Fire Department. I am a breast cancer survivor and when I heard about the Pink Heals ...
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This election, it's about usOct 24, 2010 1:00 am - One of the newest and greatest treasures we have in Illinois is the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. A recent trip to the museum proved to...
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Remove the pork from our spendingOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - With all the back and forth about the country being bankrupt, why don't we have leaders saying that the way you eliminate your debt is to spend less? This is what most r...
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Kirk will keep spending in checkOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Trillions of dollars of new debt, a health-control bill that two-thirds of Americans want repealed and replaced, the $800 billion porkulus bill can we afford to be dist...
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Wanted: candidates to fit my beliefsOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - My beliefs are as follows: balanced budget, state and federal; right to bear arms; using our own energy sources; sovereignty and security of our border; right of free sp...
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Fair Tax is fair, would drive economyOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The mailers this week focused on the 23-percent tax on things we buy, while companies are not taxed, as though that is all there is to the Fair Tax. I expect other bogus...
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Get serious about reforming educationOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Meaningful education reform will not take place in Illinois as long as all school districts are lumped together. The truth is that there are many excellent school distri...
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No longer a Bean supporterOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - When Melissa Bean ran against Phil Crane, I voted for Melissa Bean. I felt that Phil Crane was not working in the best interest of the country. Now with the situation th...