Elgin Opinion
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Obama health plan will mean inflationMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama is attempting to bulldoze his health care reform bill through Congress. None of the leaders in Congress from House Speaker Pelosi to Senate Leader Reid w...
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Insurance, but little elseMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - What are you doing to us, Mr. Obama? All you seem to care about is insurance. We are no longer working, but we'll have insurance. We are losing our homes and have no pla...
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It's time to wake up and fight backMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - I was sleeping. I'm over 50. As I look back on over 30 working years, I now realize that, with all of the taxes that I've paid (state and local income tax, real estate t...
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Letting parents save school programsMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - School boards are taking it on the chin these days, with meeting after meeting in which irate parents and sincere students beg that their favorite academic or extracurri...
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Getting out is key to child developmentMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - The Leave No Child Inside Consortium of the Greater Barrington, Deer Park, and Lake Zurich Area is thrilled to see the Daily Herald support the need to get children outs...
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Elgin's dog law shortsightedMar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - It is disturbing that the City of Elgin has chosen to treat law abiding dog owners like criminals. The ordinance is so severe that the average person will be unable to f...
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Stop seeing animals as entertainersMar 07, 2010 10:00 pm - The woman who was killed at Seaworld is a tragedy. However, this story will keep repeating itself with different characters until Seaworld, zoos, aquariums, circuses and...
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Give us information, not sensationalismMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - It is disconcerting and unfortunate today how our news media has become a means of sensationalism and biased opinions rather than accurate and informative reporting. Tod...
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Are unions behind Toyota hearings?Mar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - There is nothing funny about the individuals killed or injured while driving Toyotas with defects. However, it was comical to observe the company's senior executives bei...
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Hastert post-Congress spending an affrontMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - It is unconscionable for Dennis Hastert to take $1 million from the taxpayers to operate an office and staff. We don't need to finance retired House Speakers to promote ...