Algonquin Opinion
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Metra needs money to keep runningOct 31, 2021 5:44 pm - So ridership keeps going up on Metra and more and more suburban commuters are opting for trains rather than cars in this era of high gas prices and increasing road conge...
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Soapbox: This aud-it do it in Dist. 303Oct 31, 2021 5:42 pm - A very good idea has emerged in the St. Charles school district, where officials have instructed auditors doing their annual work to break down and report specifically h...
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Soapbox: Sickening swims; benefits of publicity?Oct 31, 2021 5:37 pm - Anybody but us think it shouldn't take an Illinois Department of Public Health warning to know it isn't wise to let pets cavort in human swimming pools? Yet some pet lov...
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All pit votes should have been 'no'Oct 31, 2021 5:33 pm - All pit votes should have been 'no' Congratulations to the three zoning appeals board members who voted "no" at the July 26 public meeting. My question to the three who ...
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Wanted by disillusioned public: leadersOct 31, 2021 5:34 pm - While candidates and pundits wonder endlessly if a presidential wannabe is black enough or woman enough, too Mormon, too liberal or too conservative, voters and taxpaye...
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Emotion, conflict help put life in budget storiesOct 31, 2021 5:23 pm - Budget stories always present a quandary for newspapers. On one hand, tracking how governments spend tax money is one of the most important things we do in a democracy....
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsOct 31, 2021 5:21 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesOct 31, 2021 5:15 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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Rediscovering faith in his fellow manOct 31, 2021 5:07 pm - I am encouraged by reading so many letters that reflect a so-called "right-wing" point of view. But lately, letters like Rebekah Towers' "Lack of parenting source of pro...
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Don't pull license when pulled overOct 31, 2021 5:01 pm - In Illinois, you need a license to drive. But you also need that license to board an airplane. Or to get a marriage license. There are occasions when you must show a dri...