South Elgin Opinion
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Seeking more transparencyMar 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Dear Rep. Bill Foster, Since I have had no reply from you regarding my June 24 letter I am again requesting that your address the following issues through this letter to...
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Equal time for snarky commentsMar 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Since the Daily Herald's editorial staff saw fit to publish the idiotic comments from Tom Siebert of Elgin in the March 17 paper about Dick Cheney's and George W. Bush's...
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Become a citizen the right wayMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - David White, I totally agree with your letter. Let's all go down to Mexico and apply for assistance of any kind. Do you know that we are the only country in the world th...
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Answer the tough questions, BillMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Congressman Bill Foster has been hiding under his desk since Obama got elected. He shows up at a lot of children-related photo ops to publicize how he voted to keep prov...
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Don't just blame the cell phonesMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Another community just passed an ordinance to ban the use of cell phones while driving a vehicle. The reason continues to be that such devices are distractions to drivin...
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Remember heroism of Iwo JimaMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - It was 65 years ago this month that the black sand invasion beaches of Iwo Jima turned red with the blood of U.S. Marine landing forces in World War II. It was a ferocio...
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Suicide prevention a phone call awayMar 21, 2010 11:00 pm - A few days ago, we learned the chilling reasons why Thomas Mangiantini killed his wife and two sons before taking his own life in the family's Addison home on Nov. 25. I...
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License fee would help animal controlMar 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Kudos to the Elgin City Council for enacting an excellent Animal Control Act on March 10. The city ordinance is based on the Illinois Animal Control Act. Originally intr...
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Immigration reform or bankruptcyMar 20, 2010 11:00 pm - I've read the editorials, the op-eds, the letters to the editor and the articles on what the do-nothing politicians are saying about the Illinois budget and in all this ...
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Lt. gov. nod not about democracyMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Although I personally did not vote for Scott Lee Cohen or Al Turner to be the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, it is obscene for the Democratic Party to neg...