Elgin Opinion
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Throw out lawmakers who won't balance budgetSep 24, 2016 1:00 am - The elections in November are not far away. It is time for the voters to throw out the Illinois state legislators that voted for a multi-billion-dollar unbalanced budget...
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Hillary, what's in your basket?Sep 19, 2016 1:00 am - Hillary has announced a "basket of deplorables" as a means of profiling and condemning Trump supporters she has decided are abhorrent, hateful, and bigoted people. Howev...
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Fund mental health in community firstSep 19, 2016 1:00 am - The planned Illinois Department of Corrections treatment units at Elgin Mental Health Center are definitely needed and will treat a serious symptom, but not the causes, ...
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Taxpayers can't afford school bond issueSep 18, 2016 1:00 am - I am against the CCSD15 bond proposal for $130 million. All this is going to do is to raise our taxes. Building two new schools is a waste of taxpayers' money. Switchin...
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Will Trump ever release his tax returns?Sep 18, 2016 12:01 am - When will Trump release his tax returns? Everyone else has for many election cycles. Makes you wonder what he's hiding? Maybe he didn't pay any tax. Maybe he paid a lot ...
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A better way to handle bathroom flapSep 17, 2016 1:00 am - How sad that Melissa Omalley Walker and other parents of children at Wredling Middle School in St. Charles missed a golden opportunity to model for their children the wa...
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Follow proper way to dispose of a flagSep 12, 2016 1:00 am - I am a proud widow of a WW2 veteran, a POW. I have recently learned that a couple of veterans organizations are giving "retired" American flags to hospice organizations....
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Let's end complaints on LongmeadowSep 11, 2016 12:01 am - I realize the media feels some perverse obligation to report on happenings in their region. However, I wish these reporters would evaluate the statements they quote as t...
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Cost of drugs is the threat to ObamacareSep 07, 2016 12:01 am - The cost of drugs is the driving force behind the accelerating price of health coverage and threatens the future of Obamacare. The latest example is the 500 percent inc...
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Cohen seems to be real fan of HillarySep 04, 2016 1:01 am - I'm positive columnist Richard Cohen sleeps with a picture of Hillary Clinton under his pillow. Raleigh Rowland Elgin ...