Elgin Opinion
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State has no fiscal accountabilityJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - This letter is in regard to the Daily Herald's viewpoint June 28 on the budget crisis in the state. One must often wonder how the state got into this predicament. Every ...
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If you need help, just askJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The staff at Lazarus House was very saddened by the recent death of someone known to us who lived down the street from Lazarus House. In situations such as this, we are ...
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More questions for our state leadersJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Your article on June 29 "State budget mess leaves plenty of questions" did not ask the right questions. The questions I would have preferred answers to were as follows: ...
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Saturday SoapboxJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - End the monopoly: Our sympathies are with the 20 trash haulers who have filed suit against 11 municipalities in Cook and DuPage counties that have locked them out of pic...
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Baseball camp was great - and bargainJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to commend Coach Jim Kating of South Elgin High School on the summer baseball camp we attended the past two weeks for sixth through eighth grade youth. My h...
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Kudos to all who made Swedish Days happenJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - We'd like to thank Geneva residents and our many visitors who attended the 2009 Midsommar Swedish Days Festival and those who helped make it the destination summer event...
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Transparency bill good for allJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently the General Assembly passed a new bill to strengthen the Freedom of Information request by residents of various Illinois governments. The bill currently is wait...
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State income tax increase is neededJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The state budget meltdown must be resolved with a substantial increase in revenues or the proposed budget cuts will be unconscionably cruel to hundreds of our vulnerable...
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Sosa not guilty until all facts are inJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - An anonymous source leaked information from a secret report to The New York Times alleging that Sammy Sosa took illegal drugs in 2003 while playing for the Chicago Cubs....
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Raise the bar on both sides of debateJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - I read Kathleen Muhr's letter which appeared in this column on July 4 and agree that David Letterman was out of line with his joke about the Palin daughter. He apologize...