Aurora Opinion
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It might have gotten tougher, Scott FawellSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - To Scott Fawell, I would like to ask: As you were finishing your letter, did you not see the crushing irony when you wrote the sentence "... to let those in power know t...
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Laid off cops and Milton BradleySep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read an article in the Daily Herald about Aurora possibly having to lay off 5 to 10 percent of their 300 police officers because the city is $19 million in debt. ...
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Bombastic letters don't aid discourseSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Typically I read the letters tot he editor to gauge how some of my fellow community members feel about issues of the day. Lately, I've had to view the letters section as...
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Kanye West must be a racistSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Kanye West must be a racist because he is black and took the microphone from a white girl to claim a black singer had the best song. Maybe that only works in reverse. R...
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More sportsmanship from Elgin HighSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you for sharing Winfred Cooper's inspiring story. As a parent of two of Winfred's Elgin High classmates, I have seen firsthand what an extraordinary young man he i...
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Is our press still free?Sep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - And the loser is: civility or our unbiased free press? For eight years Bush was called every bad name you can think of, even a liar on two occasions on the Congress floo...
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National sales tax to pay for health careSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - This often virulent health care debate has been continuously framed in terms of the individual loss of present health care and the potential costliness of a government o...
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Saturday SoapboxSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Bed of nails: We normally don't recommend lying between two beds of nails, putting a cinder block over your chest and having someone whack you with a sledgehammer. But ...
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Towns should learn more about wind energySep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - > To the mayors and members of the city councils of Geneva and Batavia: The League of Women Voters of Geneva/St. Charles and the League of Women Voters of Batavia urge y...
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Test health care reform on one state?Sep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - I was surprised to learn that the health care bill being worked on now won't even go into effect until after the next presidential election. So why the rush? The lack of...