Elgin Opinion
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Toll bridge myopia untreatable?Jul 24, 2015 12:00 am - Myopia covers many conditions. Visual myopia can be treated clinically. Political myopia, a very common affliction, is more difficult to treat as its causes such as self...
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3 ideas for fixing state pension debtJul 23, 2015 12:00 am - Since Governor Rauner and state legislators have yet to come up with a balanced budget and are threatening to shut down the state, maybe they should consider these sugge...
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Democracy shouldn't be for saleJul 22, 2015 12:00 am - Our democracy, set in place by our Founding Fathers to be citizen-led, is in danger these days of being taken over by a number of highly wealthy contributors who are bus...
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Not about how much money you raiseJul 22, 2015 12:00 am - "Total insensitivity to Chicago, African-American women and the democratic process." These words were spoken by Andrea Zopp after Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth was endor...
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Punishment for giving opinion?Jul 21, 2015 12:00 am - There's been people from the beginning of our country out there fighting for our freedom and that freedom should include the freedom of speech. If someone is seeing thin...
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To what extent do you cherish privacy?Jul 21, 2015 12:00 am - For over a year there has been a lot of brouhaha about our government spying on us via phone calls. Congress put the kibosh on that last month passing the USA Freedom Ac...
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It all adds up to misplaced prioritiesJul 19, 2015 1:00 am - I just read that Algonquin wants to build a bike path for $712,000. Did I read last year that Algonquin laid off three firemen because there was no money? Living in Elgi...
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County can keep improving without harmful sales taxJul 14, 2015 1:00 am - We've had this debate before, and my opinion hasn't changed since our last go-round under Todd Stroger with raising the sales tax on the hardworking taxpayers of Cook Co...
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Editorial: Playing it smart at summer schoolJul 13, 2015 11:00 pm - It's July 17, the temperature is north of 80. Your friends are at the pool, kicking back and getting nothing done. Or working a minimum-wage job to keep busy before scho...
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Indignation not consistent with factsJul 13, 2015 1:00 am - While Mundelein resident Charlene Hill may not like Mayor Steve Lenz's remarks, her indignation is not consistent with facts. There is a plethora of research indicating ...