Elgin Opinion
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Vote to steer away from tax increasesOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - That great triumvirate of deception of Obama-Pelosi-Reid and their lemmings in Congress trumpet the dictum of “soak the rich" by promising to repeal the Bush tax cuts fo...
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Look at how can we help urban poorOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - After a decade of downturn, and for the past three years the worst recession since the Great Depression, the news about skyrocketing suburban poverty this week shouldn't...
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Walker unafraid to be independentOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Walker's leadership in standing up to Todd Stroger and reducing the Cook County sales tax has earned him my vote this November. It took a businessman and a reformer...
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Make buyers pay for war on drugsOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - It is alarming to read cartels are coming into the suburbs to lure our vulnerable youth into addiction. We are failing in our war on drugs. Targeting the dealers has not...
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Harris will help get state on trackOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I have lived in Illinois all my life, and I have never felt as uncertain about the future here in Illinois as I do now. Illinois has slipped to the bottom of the barrel ...
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TV show host has no empathyOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently MSNBC added a new political program, Lawrence O'Donnell, “The Last Word. Yep, it's the same guy from years ago in the McLaughlin group who was disruptive, insul...
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Do not call means just what it saysOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Memo to Mark, Alexi, et al: I'm on the do-not-call list. I know that politicians gave themselves an exemption when they wrote that law, so that explains why you can call...
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Steer clear of counterfeit goodsOct 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Precious few among us can afford to buy a Gucci bag. Or a Rolex watch. But many of us still wear and carry them well, a convincing facsimile either knowing they're fak...
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Dart has protected the most vulnerableOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has many accomplishments to the degree of being recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine. Dart tir...
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Library association has too much powerOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The annual Banned Book Week, which ended Saturday, is an outright farce and an insult to the taxpaying public. The American Library Association uses this deceptive and d...