Huntley Opinion
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Reagan's speech isn't precedentSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Since when do editorials belong on the front news page of the paper? The article by Kerry Lester, "How Schools are Treating Obama Speech" becomes an editorial comment wh...
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Vargas could make dent in unemployment hereSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I recently read on the Daily Herald Web site that Elgin resident Mark Vargas was running for Congress in the 14th District. I read that while serving on an economic deve...
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Don't be hasty with health care debateSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to note that I am neither Democrat nor Republican, but a true patriot. I served my country during the Vietnam War and today I admire the courage and dedicat...
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Death panels, socialists just scare tacticsSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Here we go again with "scare tactics." Death panels - kill Grandma and Grandpa - believers, don't mess with my Medicare? Socialists taking over, birthers, reverse racist...
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Lords Park Zoo is important part of ElginSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - My grandfather told me one of the reasons he came to Elgin was because of the very Beautiful Lords Park. I grew up going to Lords Park almost daily as a kid in nice weat...
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We viewed Kennedy through rose-colored glassesSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Am I the only one who's absolutely aghast by our politicians and the media's sanctimonious praise of now departed Sen. Kennedy? Listening to the media blather and readin...
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Foster keeps rabble at a distanceSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - It has become plain to me in the short time that my representative in Congress, Bill Foster, is an elitist. A "Scientist and a Businessman" means "I'm smarter than you a...
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Help us combat spending in GenevaSep 04, 2009 11:00 pm - At previous meetings of the school board in Geneva Unit District 304, a number of taxpaying citizens of the district made statements of great concern about the ever-incr...
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Health care is a personal responsibilitySep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - In letters to the editor we keep reading about "our health care system." In reality there is not and cannot be any such thing as a health care system. There are only the...
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Buffalo leaving Elgin a sad storySep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - The city of Elgin can't make ends meet? Just ship the buffalo to an American Indian reservation - problem solved. This sad news broke just days before my son and about a...