Aurora Opinion
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Parents to blame for tardy kidsMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Screeeech! "OK, go, go, go! No, wait! Give me a kiss! OK, go. See you after school! I love you!" It's a scene I encounter on a daily basis after I've ushered my son to ...
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Noland does right by constituentsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Sen. Michael Noland is a champion for our children and communities. In 2002 when he first ran for elected state office, then candidate Mike Noland knocked on my friend'...
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Glenbard West day a huge successMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - On behalf of the Glenbard West Booster Organization, I would like to thank Bill Behrmann and all of the employees at McChesney and Miller for allowing us to participate ...
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Obama's extreme, not tea partyMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama claims that Americans who dare to disagree with him may incite "extreme elements" to violence. I am not an "extreme element" and, though I disagree with ...
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Thankful for preschool crewMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I am the director of Good Shepherd Lutheran Preschool. I have a wonderful staff of teachers, classroom assistants, child care workers and substitute workers. The first w...
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Ambulance needed at bottom of cliff?May 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Susan Cowen, in her May 3 letter, writes of an unemployed homeless teenage mother who received help from Illinois Youth Services. Why was this girl homeless? Was she the...
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Rein in Wall Street gamblersMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Why is it that we regulate gambling but fail to control Wall Street? Why can Goldman Sachs, or example, sell "synthetic instruments" and derivatives, whereby they make m...
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Enough affordable housing or not?May 10, 2010 11:00 pm - I am happy to hear that the Elgin City Council is proceeding with the ArtSpace project. This creative development will provide subsidized housing for struggling artists ...
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Who are teacher unions protecting?May 10, 2010 11:00 pm - To the May 9 Fence Post contributor, I agree that teachers deserve a fair and adequate pension. However, you stated that the teachers unions exist to protect the teacher...
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Pension problem belongs in courtMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - In your editorial, "School boards part of pension problem," you suggested that districts are at fault. I would like to suggest specifically that someone in an official c...