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Comment on May open thread by Anonymous
May 15, 2012
While I will not attempt to defend the city council it is important to remember that there are some ground rules about public comments at the meetings. It is seldom a good idea to engage in a dialog ...
Comment on May open thread by Terry Gavin
May 15, 2012
As usual Chuck all well stated & truthful! What this shows is the arrogance that comes from people who've got an elitist opinion of themselves, aka "liberals". Of course they think they know best how ...
Comment on May open thread by Chuck Keysor
May 15, 2012
Terry, as you well know, but others may not, there is more wrong with this council than just their politics and their liberal/social/green agenda. They also can be petty if not mean about the wrong t...
Comment on May open thread by Terry Gavin
May 14, 2012
Let's face it people of Elgin we've got an extremist radical city council. We've got a Mayor who has raised our taxes the highest in city history, a council person who's accused our Police Dept. of ra...
Comment on May open thread by Cruex
May 13, 2012
I watched the city meeting last night and saw $250,000 doled out to social services without one comment from the 5 liberals about the people who are suffering in this city the most, the middle class. ...
Comment on May events open thread by Mark Fry
May 12, 2012
Elgin Chamber Players - Debut ConcertThursday, May 31, 2012 at 7:30pmGail Borden Library270 N Grove Ave, Elgin, IL 60120-5505Free AdmissionPhilip Glass - Diversions (2 flutes and bass trombon...
Comment on May open thread by Terry Gavin
May 10, 2012
Very well stated b4real! This Mayor & council,with the exception of Prigge, has adopted the Presidents "crony" capitalism as it's policy for governance. Much like the last Mayor Schock these guys & ...
Comment on Prairie Rock closes after 13-year run by JL
May 9, 2012
When people come to the country the legal way, they will not have any issues - what part of ILLEGAL do you not understand? Every country has rules for citizenship - some governments just choose to ig...
Comment on May open thread by Anonymous
May 9, 2012
Remove the giant illegal population destroying the city's economy*...
Comment on Elgin casino to explore adding theater by GamingAddict
May 9, 2012
Don't see why this would be a good long-term move for Elgin anyway. Casino revenue hasn't helped Elgin the past 20 years obviously.Elgin's gone from good to bad to worse since it came. Much the same w...
Who won?
Apr 5, 2012
Who won?...
Interesting theme: almost all of the leaders have ...
Mar 19, 2012
Interesting theme: almost all of the leaders have bacon on them....
Do you have a list of the 16 establishments?
Feb 22, 2012
Do you have a list of the 16 establishments?...
This is GREAT, Jennifer. As a small (micro) busin...
Feb 8, 2012
This is GREAT, Jennifer. As a small (micro) business, there is so much to keep up with. It is very helpful to know about the Illinois Logo and other sources of funding. Thanks so much for working o...
We take any engraving needs to Andersens and they ...
Sep 22, 2011
We take any engraving needs to Andersens and they do a wonderful job at a (surprisingly) inexpensive and affordable cost. Congratulations on your 50th year!Fr. BrownOur Lady of the Holy Rosary Chapel...
Code violation. If I had broken boarded up windows...
Sep 12, 2011
Code violation. If I had broken boarded up windows for months on end I would be (rightly so) cited by the city for code violations....
Comment on On The Record… by Scott J
Sep 7, 2011
Interesting that you note, "in dollar terms." When you mention that gold will be making new highs in dollar terms, I will complete it with saying that gold will be making highs against all western cu...
The claim is it takes a while to get custom window...
Sep 3, 2011
The claim is it takes a while to get custom windows, but it's been like 5 weeks right? Does it really take that long?...
The window labeled as #4 also blew in during that ...
Sep 3, 2011
The window labeled as #4 also blew in during that big storm weeks ago and shattered all over the pool and deck, hitting an instructor and worker. Could have been kids. Glass was everywhere....
What a stain on Elgin. Broken windows for months o...
Sep 2, 2011
What a stain on Elgin. Broken windows for months on end.Please stay on this AFLA. Apparently, you are the only one who cares....