Elgin Opinion
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Illinois needs a wake-up callOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - The legal abuses fostered by ACORN during the primaries, the general election, and since the election, have now reached a point where they can no longer be ignored by th...
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Don't let greed sink health care reformOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Americans, wake up. The politicians who are claiming health care for all is too expensive have the best health coverage in the world, and no fear of exclusion because of...
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Marching for the wrong reasonOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Who are these people protesting government spending, for a cause that will make life better for most of us? Why weren't they on the streets, during the last eight years ...
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We won't be fooled again. Right?Oct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Several years ago a proposal to establish a fiber optic network that would provide telephone, Internet and cable television service through an intergovernmental agreemen...
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Dump cameras, ban talking while drivingOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - I previously wrote a letter to the editor of this paper, praising them for their investigative series about red-light cameras called "Seeing Red." The conclusion, which ...
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Beware of lies in health care debateOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Rule by the Democrats, representing the people, or by the Republicans, representing superrich: that is the real question. Totally beaten in the last election, the rich a...
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Cash for Clunkers for seniors?Oct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - When "youngsters" denigrate our medical coverage as too expensive, they should remember that young, male drivers cause the most car accidents. How about if we put a cap ...
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Bean should explain position on the FedOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - On Feb. 26, 2009, HR 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and has subsequently been referred to the Ho...
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Support civil debate, don't print liesOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald continues to print letters about so-called death panels, an idea so absurd it has been debunked by almost everyone. The Herald also has printed letters ...
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Remember ACORN vote at election timeOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - On Sept. 15 the Senate voted 83-7 to deny funding to ACORN after it was revealed that ACORN had offered to help a person posing as a prostitute and another posing as a p...