South Elgin Opinion
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Lost pet fees way too highMar 13, 2009 11:00 pm - /p> Imagine the tragic scenario: your beloved dog or cat decides to venture out into the world and gets lost. You search in anguish and desperately call local shelters a...
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Festival cutbacks aren't wisest choiceMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Just a few days ago in this space, we urged suburban residents to resist the temptation to let fear of this wretched economy get the best of us. Rather than hunkering d...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - Snow way Yes, spring is just around the corner, and, yes, we probably (hopefully) don't have too many winter storms left this season. But last weekend's snow offered a p...
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Describing U-46 as 'mess' is over the topFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - I take issue with Kerry Lester's opening paragraph in a recent Daily Herald, stating that Dr. Jose Torres inherited a mess when he came to School District U-46. I would ...
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Bailout an example of communismFeb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Charles Krauthammer had an excellent column in the paper recently, until he said that Obama had a miraculous campaign. There was nothing miraculous about it, because it ...
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Biggest suburban district needs changeFeb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Much has happened in the suburbs' largest school district in recent weeks. And none of it, thankfully, has had to do with the racial bias lawsuit that has kept the cash ...
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Harney unmatched for Dundee supervisorFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Harney unmatched for Dundee supervisor After reviewing information from the League of Women Voters candidates' forum for Dundee Township Supervisor, my belief that Sue H...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - A turn for the better: We have to give Schaumburg credit. Just two weeks ago, the Soapbox had an issue with the one intersection in the village patrolled by red-light ca...
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Shouldn't be forced to pay for ECC policiesFeb 05, 2009 10:00 pm - I have just read the unanimous decision by The Elgin Community College trustees to tap what, they believe, will be a quick and easy source of more money from real estate...
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Our elected officials have let us downJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Unemployed Americans - 10 million and growing, $647 billion in real estate losses, $523 billion mutual funds losses, our annual foreign trade deficit $250 billion, natio...