Elgin Opinion
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Health reform gives decisions to docsApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Health care reform is a needed change because it puts the welfare of people first before the interest of big insurance companies. Medical decisions for the health and we...
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RE: Careful what you wish forApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - What a treasure trove the Fence Post column can be! April 3rd's was a classic example of that fact, born of the mere titles of some letters, and of the content of others...
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Watch your languageApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - "Because I heard the tea party participants being accused of using pejorative language..." is how Vincent Froberg opens his April 20 letter to the editor. Mr. Froberg th...
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Politicians can't keep hitting up taxpayersApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Note to politicians: Physician, heal thyself. How about, instead we start with a 50 percent across-the-board, no-exceptions, cut in the state's budget (operating expense...
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State must live up to its obligationApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I devoted 33 years of my professional life hopefully contributing to the preservation of our American way of life. I taught young people in public school classrooms so, ...
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Do a story about the life of a teacherApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Enough teacher bashing! What an appalling morning. I woke up to read the Daily Herald, only to find out that in my profession, I sit on my butt and do nothing, I'm not w...
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Foster will pay for his voteApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Regarding the politics of Mr. Foster's health care vote, it really isn't all that complicated. He didn't "show courage;" he didn't "vote in support of the American peopl...
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Health car reform only beginningApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - What the recent fracas over health care reform showed exceptionally well was just how entrenched corporate money is in our politics, especially the Republican Party, who...
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This is a real-life 'Atlas Shrugged'Apr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I am nearing the end of a novel that was written in 1957 that is almost scary with regard to how similar the circumstances in the story are with what is happening today....
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Series shows bias against teachersApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I don't know where to begin when it comes to addressing your biased reporting of the teacher pension system. Could it be the grandiose front page displays that make it l...