Elgin Opinion
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Mandatory Spanish is un-AmericanJun 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Stephanie Berreles' May 17 letter requesting Spanish being made mandatory for children in elementary school is way off the mark. This is the United States and the langua...
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Hold BP accountableJun 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Once again this country if affected by a major environmental disaster caused by the oil industry. The last time Exxon caused Alaska to suffer. The oil persists on the be...
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No apology needed for Christian songJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - In response to the article about the Wheaton Park District apologizing for a Christian song at a dance recital, I wonder why an apology was needed. As a parent, I would ...
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Pingree needs to scale back spendingJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - With the recent news of Wyman "Clint" Carey's expenses it seems like the village board is wasting time focusing on $26 lunches when they need to sharpen their pencils an...
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Sexuality not relevant to high court choiceJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - By denying rumors that Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan is a lesbian, and countering with "evidence" to the contrary, the White House is inadvertently affirming...
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Thanks for help with food driveMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - The Grafton Township Food Pantry would like to thank the Algonquin/LITH and Huntley post offices for their efforts in the Stamp Out Hunger food drive on May 8. They dona...
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Ugly comments have no place in debateMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - My day started by finding several e-mails that were blatantly racist attempts to tear down President Obama. The worst of these actually included pornographic pictures th...
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Idea to trim state budgetMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - To the Illinois General Assembly and Gov. Quinn: I am concerned about your handling of the state's budget. Once again, even under Gov. Quinn's control, we have an unbala...
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FCC changes only fix an old messMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Your article on Saturday, May 22 says that the big mean FCC is forcing schools, etc. to replace their wireless microphones. Please note that wireless microphones that us...
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Fund established to bring soldier homeMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - On July 8, 2006 a brave young man from Rapid River, Mich. in Michigan's upper peninsula gave his life while serving in the Army in Ramadi, Iraq. He, along with two of hi...