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Speak Out: Cheap rentals in Elgin
Cheap rentals: I don’t know if anyone has noticed lately, but there are certain groups and individuals who are buying up the cheap houses in the Elgin area and then renting them out to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 8, which is …
Speak Out: Don’t nix city stickers
Don’t nix city stickers: I wish someone in the city of Elgin would explain why they are so dead set against city stickers. With city stickers, they could also make sure drivers have licenses and insurance. It would make the whole town safer. It would …
Speak Out: Just tell the truth
Honesty is the best policy: It is so nice that our president has the time to call a professional basketball player and offer him congratulations for coming out of the closet and telling the truth. How about getting our president and U.S. Attorney General Eric …
Speak Out: Still need to dress appropriately
Dress appropriately: Times are certainly changing. I just returned from (a drugstore) to pick up my prescription. I had to look at the druggist’s cleavage. She dresses like that continually. It’s not a pretty picture. Secondly, substitute mailmen are no longer recognizable. My mailman the …
Speak Out: Still miffed about Madoff
Miffed about Madoff: I would like to know what is going on with Bernie Madoff, who stole $50 billion from his investors. Murderers in this country are given big sentences for crimes, and yet a man who stole $50 billion and caused untold anguish for …
Speak Out: Why are old developer’s signs still up?
Signs still up: I’m wondering if the city of Elgin can remove the signs along Corron Road for B&B Development. The company has been out of business for quite some time, yet there are still these gigantic signs standing along Corron Road. I’d like to …
Speak Out: Pumped up pump prices
Pumped up gas prices: I read an article in the newspaper about six or eight weeks ago that said, according to current production levels, the United States around a year from now will be producing more oil than Saudi Arabia. If this statement is true, …
Work to keep bison at Lords Park Zoo worthy of our thanks
The last day of February brought two extremely welcome new residents to Lords Park Zoo in Elgin — female bison sisters Becky and Drew. No one knows for sure if the sole surviving Lords Park bison, Po-Key, had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of pen …
Speak Out: Prior promises about gambling revenue
Gambling funds: The funniest thing I’ve seen lately is watching Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel tearfully stating that any money from a casino in Chicago would go fully toward education. Has anybody ever heard that before? A long time ago, Kane County taxpayers were told that …
Speak Out: Justify lack of jobs
Justify lack of jobs: There are absolutely no jobs in Elgin, and nobody seems to be accountable for it. I hear some people say that Mayor Kaptain is accountable, but I say to them that this man doesn’t even get paid. I respect that he …
Speak Out: Kudos to kindness of Mary and Sonia
Kudos to Mary and Sonia: I recently lost my mother and father-in-law within a two-month period. I would like to thank two women: Mary, the manager at East Dundee Wal-Mart, and Sonia at Dollar Tree in Algonquin. While they were total strangers to me at …
Speak Out: Switch in party priorities
Switch in party priorities: Looking back on 80 years of my life, the Democratic Party was for the working man and the Republican Party was for big business and big money. After reading about the huge corporate donations given to the Democratic Party, I would …
Medical marijuana may be needed Rx for Illinois patients
Eighteen states have already legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes, and Illinois could make it 19 in the near future. The Illinois House of Representatives voted 61-57 on April 17 to approve a bill making marijuana legal for medical purposes. The next step …
Speak Out: Comment about gay marriages
Something to say about gay marriages: With all the issues about gay marriages, I guess I’m just a dumb head. If two people of the same sex live together, respect each other and love each other, why don’t they just go to a lawyer or …
Speak Out: Firearm control already on the books
Firearm control already in the books: There are hundreds of laws on our books, including firearm control laws, which are not being enforced. The people hollering for more gun control laws will do absolutely no good. There are many ways to cause bodily harm. Firearms …
