Elgin Opinion
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2nd Amendment rights are in dangerMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Today (Feb. 26) in an Associated Press news release on the U.S. crackdown of Mexican drug cartels Attorney General Eric Holder calls for reinstituting a ban of so called...
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Festival cutbacks aren't wisest choiceMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Just a few days ago in this space, we urged suburban residents to resist the temptation to let fear of this wretched economy get the best of us. Rather than hunkering d...
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Illegal immigration saps our resourcesMar 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Now that the economy has tanked, the federal government is mortgaging our children's future. The state is billions over budget and talking about raising taxes or drastic...
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We need better money managersMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - I'm with Robert Chmela (Elgin) and Bob Allen (Huntley). Not only am I down right upset but thoroughly embarrassed. The people of Illinois as well as the entire country h...
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Spending spree is first step to MarxismMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - What is going on? Somebody tell me why when the Republicans held the Oval Office you guys screamed bloody murder about the amount of money being spent. Now that you are ...
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Praise for people, postal serviceMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - I dropped a feral female cat off at the vet to be spayed and vaccinated, and picked her up on my way to work the next day. I was in a hurry and evidently dropped the rab...
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Obama's solutions might be problematicMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - President Obama certainly has had many ideas so far, but I think some of his plans are at cross purposes; they actually work against each other. Now he says he is conce...
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U.S. Grant should be memorializedMar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - In honor of Ulysses S. Grant, I would like to propose that the Highland Avenue bridge over the Fox River in Elgin be named Grant Bridge and a plaque posted memorializing...
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Responsible drivers won't get ticketedFeb 28, 2009 10:00 pm - After reading the letter from the woman who was mad that her children were ticketed for not stoping before making a right turn, I thought I might answer back sarcastical...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Snow way Yes, spring is just around the corner, and, yes, we probably (hopefully) don't have too many winter storms left this season. But last weekend's snow offered a p...