Elgin Opinion
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Tell Congressmen to drill in the U.S.Aug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - It is inexcusable that Congress adjourned without voting on any kind of energy bill, while millions of Americans continue to suffer from the high cost of fuel! The Speak...
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Lower taxes on rich to help rest of usAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Let's reduce taxes on the rich! Everyone wants to be wealthy! Take a survey and 9 out of 10 people will say they want to be rich. Why then do most politicians want to in...
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Obama offers us a better futureAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - I can always usually tell by the tone of letters printed here if someone is a Republican and McCain supporter. The letters are often filled with cynicism, sarcasm and d...
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Not the time to relinquish controlAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - This responds to the editorial titled "Settle the District U-46 Bias Suit Soon," published in the Daily Herald Aug. 15. It's time that the members of this community unde...
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Raise income tax to support schoolsAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - In Illinois we have very little pork in our state budget. But we have to work on the logic of taxing the poorest in Illinois to pay for our services. In Illinois if you ...
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Experience doesn't equal effectivenessAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Experience counts? How about judgment? Sen. John McCain's chief political adviser, Randy Scheunemann, and his company received over $250,000 this year alone lobbying fo...
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Air conditioning tips missed markAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to your front page article dated Aug. 4th, there were errors on "Help your house beat the heat" tips. It read that insufficient air flow from a central air ...
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Elgin parking ban just won't workAug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to know who is going to dig out the cars on the side of the street that gets plowed in when we have a snow storm? Also where do I put the leaves? I can't af...
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Democrats seem right out of a movieAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - On the front page of Sunday's (Aug. 24th) paper, you had photos of Blagojevich, Stroger, Jones, Madigan and Rezko that reminded me of the movie, "The Good, the Bad and t...
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Bean not standing up for constituentsAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - As a citizen of Melissa Bean's district it is important that we know what kind of contributions our current representative is accepting from PACs. Campaigning should not...