Elgin Opinion
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Morality trumps service to countryAug 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Anybody remember Richard Nixon? A truly accomplished president except for that one teeny little incident called Watergate. The letters over the last few weeks have extol...
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No health coverage should be a choiceAug 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Through passage of the health care bill, Congress generously granted itself the power to unconditionally force citizens to buy any product they wish through their libera...
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New-media users have friend in SealsAug 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I was excited to see a Dan Seals tweet that he was attending the Netroots Nation Convention in Las Vegas recently. Netroots is an important voice in American politics th...
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Candidates coming to special needs forumAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Being a father of a special needs boy, my wife and I have experienced first hand the lack of help from state agencies in Illinois. Every year I update my son's eligibili...
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Pensions don't deserve the bad rapAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - News articles around the state have been beating up on public pension benefits. The direct or indirect message seems to be that pensions are somehow, in some way, a bad ...
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Buffalo Grove ethics panel looks familiar, somehowAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Mr. Elliott Hartstein named the members of the new Ethics Committee in addition to the chairman of the committee. All the members are good Buffalo Grove citizens who wil...
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Calling me 'angry' entirely inaccurateAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm an advocate of fair and accurate reporting, however, the inaccuracies and omissions in "Final piece still in limbo" (Aug. 2) are too numerous to mention in the limit...
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Real problem in Dist. 15 is separation agreementAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to the recent letter by Vince Hunn, ("Millar is leading District 15 into ruin", Aug. 2). While Mr. Hunn correctly notes that Mr. Millar (along with e...
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No quick fixes to energy problemsAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to generate anger and angst but also provides a teaching moment to discuss some key truths about the future of energy in America. ...
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MCAT a powerful investigative toolAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The investigation of the July 22, 2010, murder of Jean Louis Wattecamps in his far south side Mount Prospect apartment by the Major Case Assistance Team and Mount Prospe...