Elgin Opinion
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Don't diminish individual successesJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - No matter how you couch it, our culture does not place great value on intelligence and academic achievement, and we are paying for this by falling further and further be...
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One good boycott deserves anotherJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - So the Cook County Board voted to boycott Arizona services and products because they don't like their policies on immigration. I think we taxpaying citizens of Cook Coun...
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Music and art transcend culturesJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - It is beyond fathoming to me that someone would be offended by a Christian song in a dance recital. This type of thinking in my mind is what separates the many vast, lov...
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2 weeks not enough to prep for raceJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I think having the bike race Saturday, July 10, in Geneva will bring people to town who otherwise would not visit. At the same time I agree with some of the concerned bu...
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Kirk has ethics; Giannoulias notJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - It has all been said, and very appropriately, Mr. Giannoulias' comments regarding Mark Kirk's military record are extremely shameful, especially to those like myself who...
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Your choice: Blackhawks, champs or chumpsJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - What a pleasure to watch the Chicago Blackhawks march through the playoffs to the Stanley Cup championship. I will admit that I followed the team closely in the late 195...
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Many have benefited from Kirk's serviceJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - As a longtime Congressman, Mark Kirk has been the driving force behind narrowing the fiscal gap between school district spending and military reimbursements in multiple ...
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Who gets top priority when power goes out?Jun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - As we moved the contents of our freezer and refrigerator to a friend's house down the road that had power, we saw a ComEd truck stop at a business. We pulled over to fin...
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Illinois concealed-carry law is overdueJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - In light of the recent news of the 52 shootings in Chicago, and the attempted terrorist car bombing attack in New York's Times Square, now is the time that the state of ...
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Angered by mayor's persecution of StoneJun 27, 2010 11:00 pm - After watching the tapes of the Buffalo Grove board of trustees the last few weeks it is easy to see why Mayor Hartstein was so overwhelmingly defeated - I think it was...