Aurora Opinion
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Even when values down, taxes always upMay 27, 2011 12:00 am - All through the 1990s, when property values were rising, we were told your property is more valuable, thus your real estate taxes are going to rise. In the mid-2000s, wh...
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Jobs for IRS agents a stroke of geniusMay 27, 2011 12:00 am - Regarding Mary Warren’s Fence Post “GOP abortion stance won’t help economy”: Isn’t life more important than the economy? Even die-hard liberals must understand that many...
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Listen to McCain on waterboardingMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - The right wing hurls yet another nasty invective; this time directed at those who oppose “enhanced interrogation techniques” or as it is more commonly referred to, tortu...
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Cops, firefighters should have different pensionsMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - I just recently learned that Illinois taxpayers fund five different retirement programs for state employees: State Employees Retirement System; Judges Retirement System;...
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Control dandelions or face a big fineMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - We look forward to spring and summer with all the new buds popping out. Each is something different, and are so beautiful, and the grass is so nice and green. Then it a...
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Elgin’s Wing Park in need of attentionMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - Recently in your paper’s Neighbor section was a great picture and article on Brad Legnaioli. This superintendent of Elgin’s three golf courses, is quoted as saying, “Bec...
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Don’t bail out state with local fundsMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - Illinois voters overwhelmingly oppose efforts in Springfield to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars from local communities to help pay down the state’s budget deficit...
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Internet has made libraries obsoleteMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - So you are about to pay your tax bill, too. I think it’s long since time we take a good hard look at why our libraries take such a big bite out of our wallets every year...
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End the war as way to cut spendingMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - Corporate mandates, it would seem, from Reaganomics trickle-down, Nafta, middle class outsourcing, war enterprises, etc. have won the day. Can you say ”Mission Accomplis...
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Waterboarding/Nazi comparisons idioticMay 24, 2011 1:00 am - I am writing in response to a recent letter from David Werdegar regarding waterboarding. To equate this technique to those used by the Nazis, Saddam Hussein, etc. is idi...