Aurora Opinion
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Keep religion out of public affairsMar 20, 2010 11:00 pm - The March 12 Daily Herald reports that in two decisions the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has upheld the use of the words "One Nation Under God" in ...
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No simple fixes for water commissionMar 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Negligence and incompetence put the DuPage Water Commission books out of balance by tens of millions of dollars. The finance director has been fired. The treasurer stepp...
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License fee would help animal controlMar 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Kudos to the Elgin City Council for enacting an excellent Animal Control Act on March 10. The city ordinance is based on the Illinois Animal Control Act. Originally intr...
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Immigration reform or bankruptcyMar 20, 2010 11:00 pm - I've read the editorials, the op-eds, the letters to the editor and the articles on what the do-nothing politicians are saying about the Illinois budget and in all this ...
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Medical care should be open to allMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Many people in the U.S. do have access to some of the best health care in the world, but an unacceptable proportion of Americans cannot get the care they need because th...
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Lt. gov. nod not about democracyMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Although I personally did not vote for Scott Lee Cohen or Al Turner to be the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, it is obscene for the Democratic Party to neg...
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Music lessons go beyond band roomsMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - I started playing flute in fifth grade at Kendall Elementary School. I moved on to play at Crone Middle School and Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville. In my eight y...
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Tea party doesn't need Hitler comparisonMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - In a letter to the editor March 8, Fabian Lieschke of Washington, D.C., comments on the tea party group and how they compare our president to Adolf Hitler when promoting...
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Do something about water commissionMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - The DuPage Water Commission general manager has resigned, the commissioners have agreed to give him a severance package of $90,000, and they're also paying the accrued v...
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Saturday soapbox: Kudos to Wheeling Dist. 21 teachersMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - A step in the right direction: Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 teachers have agreed to forgo not only a wage increase but their annual step increases for...