Gilberts Opinion
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Questions about backyard chickensSep 22, 2010 11:00 pm - This is an open letter to the Village of West Dundee and would-be chicken owners. Just how well are people thinking this through? Is there going to be someone to oversee...
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Does Bill Foster represent us?Sep 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The residents of Illinois' 14th Congressional District have an opportunity, a very important opportunity, to affect some change. In less than two months we will go to th...
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Foster's take on spending bananasSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - After eight months, Democrat Bill Foster has finally responded to an e-mail I sent him in January of this year complaining about a new spending program he promoted to us...
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A loved dog is a peaceful dogSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Thanks for your article on the Elgin dog problems. The attack on man's best friend has happened again in Elgin. Like Jack Hannah, I've never met an animal I didn't like,...
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Foster lauded for health care actSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Because I have worked with people older than 60 for many years, I have witnessed the crisis of no access to insurance before age 65 for those who have lost coverage and ...
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Sue gangs? Host meetings? Why not?Sep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - With fanfare last week, Kane County State's Attorney John Barsanti said he was suing 81 Latin Kings gang members who live in the Kane County part of Elgin. Gang members ...
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Laws could diminish weather extremesSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - We all remember the 2008 Midwest flood - the "500-year storms" that dropped 12 inches of rain above normal in areas of Illinois and damaged homes and businesses across L...
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Elgin rehab program good for communitySep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - I have an idea that the person who wrote about the flaws of the rehab program in Elgin doesn't know much about what is happening in Elgin with homes that have been vacat...
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Don't empower larger evilsSep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - On Page 18 of the Sept. 10 edition, you show a U.S. flag being burned by lawyers in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the whole world is supposedly up in arms about a minister from a...
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Parker's Muslim column hereticalSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I understand that this is mostly a letter and thoughts of the writer - columnist Kathleen Parker - but she must have not said that everyone in America thinks like her. I...