Batavia Opinion
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Problem is, lawyers are in chargeFeb 23, 2011 12:00 am - Have you ever wondered who is running (ruining) America? Is it our policy makers? The politicians locally and in Washington? What group of people have the most influence...
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This will be do-nothing CongressFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - When Gail Rose of Huntley suggested the president should work with Republicans, I wonder what she has been paying attention to over the first two years of the Obama pres...
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Be careful what you ask forFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - There has been a lot said about the Affordable Care Act. There’s also been a lot of distortion and deception about “death panels” from those who benefit from insurance c...
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Hope from invigorated neighborhoodsFeb 22, 2011 12:00 am - The images are all too familiar in troubled times. Empty storefronts dominate the strip malls that were once symbols, if somewhat crassly so, of suburban economic vitali...
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Appreciates legal notices in papersFeb 21, 2011 10:00 pm - I oppose House Bill 1869 reducing the requirement that governments publish legal notices in newspapers. I read the legal notices in all the newspapers. Had I not read ab...
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We did it in WWII; we can do it againFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - The governor of New Jersey is advertising in Chicago, insisting business owners move their companies to New Jersey because it isn’t as heavy a state regarding company ta...
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The diversity in our neighborhoodsFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - The numbers tell a dramatic story. In DuPage County, the white population has actually fallen in the past 10 years, a decline of 6 percent, according to the U.S. Census ...
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Instead of repeal, revise, improveFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - My adult daughter has celiac disease. If the Affordable Care Act is repealed, heaven forbid she should lose her job and be forced into the individual health insurance ma...
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LWV nonpartisan, not neutralFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - A recent letter questioned the neutrality of the League of Women Voters which wrote in support of Illinois’s recent tax increase. This question does not recognize the di...
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Let’s watch drug companies, tooFeb 18, 2011 12:00 am - With the Republican Party determined to undermine President Obama’s Health Care Reform Act I would love to see them direct some of their energy toward the pharmaceutical...