Aurora Opinion
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Voters are the losers in current map processJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - The Daily Herald published two articles about redistricting on its June 22 Opinion page: Maryam Judar from the Citizen Advocacy Center bemoaned mapmaking in DuPage Count...
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Shame we don’t know our historyJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - My son, an officer in the United States Marine Corps, spent part of his Independence Day weekend at a swearing in ceremony for one of his fellow Marines. She immigrated ...
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Why protect illegal immigrants?Jul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Roger Clemens — born in Dayton, Ohio, graduate of the University of Texas and seven-time winner of Major League Baseball’s Cy Young Award — started trial on July 6 on ch...
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Can you read this? Thank a teacherJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - The mission of the Illinois Education Association is to advocate for the education of children by providing them with the opportunity to experience the best teaching pra...
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What’s sensible about common sense gun laws?Jul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Mr. Nejdl apparently has not read the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions on the right to bear arms or the founding fathers’ commentary and debates on the issue. For e...
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Stop borrowing; start raising taxesJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - The media is currently filled with stories on our national debt situation. The Republican leadership in both houses of Congress has clearly taken any increase in revenue...
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Let taxpayers spend taxes carelesslyJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - President Obama’s $66 billion job stimulus did nothing more than cost the taxpayers more money. Sure, it saved and created 2.4 million jobs, but at the cost of $278 mill...
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Don’t extend tax deal to SearsJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Today, I read in the Daily Herald that the state is in discussions with Sears attempting to keep them at their Hoffman Estates campus. I have lived in the same house in ...
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Deal would benefit youth and taxpayersJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - I read with some consternation a “letter” submitted by Jim Sather of Geneva titled “Troubled youth not a priority for the county.” The letter addresses an ongoing discus...
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Skip appeal, Rod; take your lumpsJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - Now that the Rod Blagojevich trials are over it is time that he falls on his sword. In the first trial, he used all of his available funds to defend himself. For the sec...