Elgin Opinion
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Victor Darst is one clever fellowJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - In one of the most hilarious letters I've ever read, Victor Darst suggested overturning the vote of the California legislature to put a statue of Ronald Reagan in the Na...
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Removal of trees was wrongheadedJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Once again, Dundee Township Supervisor Sue Harney has authorized the cutting down of many, many trees bordering Sleepy Hollow in, of all places, the Jelke's Creek Bird S...
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School choice needed in IllinoisJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois School Funding Reform Act Part I Each school district, by voter referendums, would replace the local school district real estate tax with a local sales tax....
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Urge legislators to pass tax increaseJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Like the rest of the country, our state's economy is in trouble. As a result, families are hurting in these challenging times. Like all citizens, I don't want to spend m...
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Saturday SoapboxJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Enjoy summer in the suburbs: We have nothing against the Taste of Chicago or Summerfest in Milwaukee. They're fabulous events. But you're missing something if you don't ...
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Removal of trees was wrongheadedJun 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Once again, Dundee Township Supervisor Sue Harney has authorized the cutting down of many, many trees bordering Sleepy Hollow in, of all places, the Jelke's Creek Bird S...
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Same old politics plague IllinoisJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - All financial solutions are phrased as the ever popular and politically correct, "cuts need to be made!" (Cuts, in whose district? Every citizen would approve any cut th...
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In light of murder, is it really pro-life?Jun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - In his Fence Post letter last Saturday entitled "Choice of words shows bias in media", Ed Smetana raises a valid point. The media should depict both sides of the abortio...
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Don't govern by convenienceJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - I was struck by a paraphrase of our fill-in Governor Quinn. He states in part that "As long as I'm governor, we're not going to have a convenient approach to the budget...
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Gay rights is not a civil rights issueJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Ms. Jedlinski, in her letter of June 7, is totally wrong in the idea that gay and lesbian behavior is a civil rights issue. It is not. Gays and lesbians have the same r...