Elgin Opinion
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What's the alternative to a tax increase?Mar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Not many people would enjoy a tax increase - I certainly would not. Not many people want to see essential programs cut - I certainly do not. I regret that there is a ta...
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Government must take more actionMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - If it weren't for the deaths, mental anguish and financial aspects, this Toyota thing would be almost comical. First it was floor mats. Then it was a bushing in the acce...
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Listen if you ask for inputMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Why Geneva's school board waited to hold a public forum on March 6, only two days before voting on proposed cuts, speaks volumes as to how much they really want communit...
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Delnor involves patients in decisionsMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently, while visiting a friend who had just returned home from a long weekend stay in the cardiac care unit at Delnor Hospital, she exclaimed, "Ginny, the nurses were...
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Judges, be tough on drunken driversMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Thank you, Judge Scotillo. Your five-year-plus sentence to the driver in the drunk driving death of 15-year-old Monika Skrzypkowski couldn't have been more just. We need...
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Spending priorities are upside downMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - It is said we demonstrate our personal values by where we spend our money. Likewise, the priorities of companies and agencies are more truly demonstrated in their budget...
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A history review and a warningMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Kudos on the recent front-page primer on American history. There are a few items, however, that require some clarification. The Articles of Confederation was far less i...
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Politicians must keep their promisesMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Was I the only person offended by President Obama's response to Senator McCain's question during the health care meeting regarding the President's campaign promise? Inst...
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Provide education for all world's kidsMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - The first Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients of the Obama administration were honored this month. Three of these "agents of change" honored by the president - Arch...
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Cobbler's care impresses customerMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - We all understand that 95 percent of customers today want outstanding service in order to continue relationships and return to a business. That was what I experienced fr...