Huntley Opinion
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History fair brought old Elgin aliveNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Recently one could find at the Pavilion in Lords Park a sense of what Elgin was like in the late 1800s. The Elgin History Fair, first designed for the city's sesquicente...
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Dangers in our prisons?Nov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - I am writing in regard to an article written by Joseph Ryan in the Oct. 21 edition of the Daily Herald where he quoted George DeTella, a former assistant director of the...
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Library funding should be restoredNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois libraries are struggling to cope with an unprecedented increase in usage at the same time that funding for libraries is being reduced. The FY10 budget, passed b...
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Connecting with a new generationNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Text messaging has gotten a lot of bad press lately. Drivers who text. Walloping cell phone bills. Sexting. Disruptions in the classroom. Sleep deprivation. But there's ...
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Elgin erred when laying off MonellOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - I have been a resident of Elgin for the past 20 years. I read a recent article regarding the cuts in employees to help with the city's budget woes. Although I applaud th...
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Don't feel too bad for youth prisonersOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - I thought the recent report condemning the poor conditions at the Illinois Youth Prison the goofiest and most pointless report I've read since the last goofy report. Did...
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Learn from experience in H1N1 battleOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - In Lake County, lines stretched for blocks, people stood in the rain for four hours and many seeking the H1N1 vaccine ultimately were turned away. To the south, in DuPag...
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Obama needs to make peace within U.S.Oct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama, House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Leader Reid and the rest of the Democrat Congress are starting to act like President Nixon. Nixon had an enemies list and t...
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Saturday SoapboxOct 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Bravo, IDOT: The Illinois Department of Transportation has nixed Elgin's plans to put a red-light camera at Randall Road and Route 72, which had been the most dangerous ...
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Fox News fair and balancedOct 30, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to Victor Darst's comments saying that Fox News is openly biased, I would like him to back up his statements with some factual information and list his sourc...