Elgin Opinion
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Financial incentives could raise gradesAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Right now all the talk is about teachers, test scores, salary, tenure, union intervention and the students not learning. But what is education for? Is it not to improve ...
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Story missing objectivityAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - On Aug. 14, I thought I was reading the Tribune when I saw Christopher Wells' Associated Press article about "prison release dangers." Wells managed to blame Gov. Quinn ...
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Some questions for two DemocratsAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Dear Sen. Durbin and Congresswoman Bean: Did you know you $800-plus billions "stimulus" turned into a welfare program for bankrupt states and public unions? Did you kn...
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Supporters of Obama dupedAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - On page 21 of the Aug. 6 edition of the Daily Herald, there is a short article regarding the fact that Bill Ayers, who co-founded the Weather Underground and helped bomb...
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Disagrees with outdoors columnistAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I was infuriated after reading Mike Jackson's Aug. 5 outdoor column. Most of us fisherman look at these articles for tips on the new technique or hot spot. All I got out...
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School bailout bad idea for taxpayersAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - The "Teacher funding on way" article on Aug. 11 left me dumbfounded and truly disgusted at our Congress. During these times, with a true unemployment rate of over 10 per...
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Quarry Beach must stay openAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - The Batavia quarry pool has been providing affordable family fun for decades. Although I live in St. Charles, my kids, sister's family, teachers with summers off from ne...
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Marriage not an unalienable rightAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to Eugene Robinson's editorial exalting the work of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in finding California's Proposition 8, which sought to ban ...
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Horse-boarding critic misstated factsAug 15, 2010 11:00 pm - In response to Jim Hammond's letter (July 26), I'd just like to say that some people have no sense of irony. And some people are "spin doctors." When Mr. Hammond quotes ...
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Roth has proven to be financially savvyAug 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I want to thank Billie Roth for providing the Village of Streamwood such an effective style of leadership. When Billie took the position as Village President of Streamwo...