Aurora Opinion
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Study all variables to determine length of school dayDec 08, 2011 4:00 am - Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing to add 90 minutes of classroom time per day in Chicago Public Schools to boost student performance. CPS lags behind most big-city school di...
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Whatever happened to due process?Dec 08, 2011 4:00 am - In the Daily Herald Fence Post Nov. 30 there was a letter by Therese Battaglia that was somewhat condescending, and I’m being polite, toward Obama. I don’t know how many...
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Wall Street protests are off the markDec 07, 2011 8:00 am - The Wall Street protesters are really after the wrong target. It is either from memory lapse or false information by the protest organizers. Let’s go back to the Clinto...
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Today’s lesson: Dan Quayle was rightDec 07, 2011 8:00 am - Thank you for your Nov. 30 editorial, “Facing the child support dilemma,” which recounts the difficulty of collecting child support in this depressed economy. People, us...
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ACT shouldn’t dictate teacher payDec 07, 2011 7:00 am - ACT shouldn’t dictate teacher pay The belief that the teachers at Fenton High School do not deserve their high salaries because of their students’ low ACT scores is...
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Power from proposed plant too costlyDec 07, 2011 7:00 am - The Illinois Senate has just passed Illinois SB 678, a bill to construct a $3.5 billion, 602-MW Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle power plant, designed to capture m...
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Dem. President + GOP Congress = success?Dec 07, 2011 7:00 am - When it is mentioned that President Clinton created 23 million jobs and ended his presidency with budget surpluses, Republicans are quick to point out that the reason th...
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Need full-time work for full-time payDec 07, 2011 7:00 am - Need full-time work for full-time pay I would like DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin to explain to me if county board members are accountable to him then why ...
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Keep sharp eye on Middle EastDec 06, 2011 4:00 am - The strong need to aggressively attack the terrorist activities of Mideast countries against the U.S. government seems to me to be very obvious. Obama has this “let’s be...
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What’s to become of Pace bus?Dec 06, 2011 4:00 am - Recently, while waiting for a No. 802 Pace bus on North Avenue, a woman remarked to me that she didn’t know what was going to happen to our bus service. When the bus cam...