Elgin Opinion
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Local man shows what coaching is all aboutJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - My wife and I just attended our grandchild's last baseball game of the 2010 season. She plays in the North Aurora Baseball Association. It has been a thrill watching the...
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True patriotism lacking at the topJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I recently asked two of my grandsons, ages 8 and 5, if they knew the Pledge of Allegiance. They promptly stood up, took off their baseball caps, placed their right hands...
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Construction workers on strike get back to workJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - To the striking construction workers: you've got a job, you get a paycheck. Get a life. William Peterson Elgin ...
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Cameras, taxes not what U.S. is aboutJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to add to the train of thought on this subject suggested by Harry Hitzeman in his July 5 column. The red-light camera scheme is only one example of ways in ...
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Accept differences in all peopleJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - In his recent letter, James Finnegan claims the "homosexual" pride parade sends the wrong message. Did he ever stop and think that his letter sends the wrong message? Ac...
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Kirk smart about finance reform billJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Another bill of 2000-plus pages was brought to the U.S. House floor again - HR 4273, the financial regulation bill. I wonder how many hours the members had to study it b...
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Federal meddling harms businessesJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - It is a very interesting observation from a historical point of view that history repeats itself. Let us examine the last Depression. Few of us are left who lived during...
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Two bright spots among dismayJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - It's easy to become discouraged - broken campaign promises, humiliating international apologies, unconscionable deficits and national debts, ambivalence toward China's g...
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Sports, education priorities wrongJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Sports, education priorities wrong Isn't is amazing that we preoccupy the news and our thoughts with Lebron James and company and their multi-year, multimillion-d...
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Foster not a D.C. insiderJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - We were astonished to read the grossly inaccurate statements about Congressman Bill Foster in a recent letter submitted by Robert and Sandra Wright. Their characterizati...