Batavia Opinion
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Nixing death penalty easy way outJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - If the system is broken, they should have worked to fix it. Instead they take the easy way out and will abolish it. Some say being in prison for life is worse then being...
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Federal pensions: One to customerJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - I read with great interest your article on “Record U.S. deficit.” I understand the need for the U.S. to stop its outrageous spending; much on the two wars that continue ...
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Speech can be as dangerous as a gunJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - In response to Mr. Constable’s article, “Guns Fail,” no matter what anyone can do to prevent something like the shooting in Tucson from happening it is going to happen. ...
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Courageous vote for tax increaseJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - I am writing this letter in response to the local media holding up lawmakers who voted against an income tax rate increase this week, a measure that was clearly needed, ...
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Shooting in Tucson no great surpriseJan 18, 2011 8:00 am - Concerning the shooting rampage in Arizona: Everyone from the president to Sarah Palin are expressing shock and surprise at this terrible act, which shocks and surprises...
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Tax hike based on fuzzy mathJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - We’ve been told Springfields’s tax hike is temporary. We’ve also been told Springfield will not be cutting spending but this new “cap” allows for annual increases in spe...
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Immigration laws and Native AmericansJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - Immigration — legal and illegal — are in the news almost daily and appear to refer to immigrants from southern countries, mostly Spanish speaking. Much of the concerns a...
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Tax share plan borne of desperationJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - Businesses are migratory in nature. They go where people will feed them. Decades ago, retailers in a once-vibrant downtown Elgin moved up river to West Dundee to enjoy m...
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People kill people, Mayor DaleyJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - OK, Mayor Daley, you tell the folks in Arizona and the surviving families to get rid of their guns. Let Jared Loughner go free. He didn't kill these six people. Arrest t...
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Quinn out of touch with electorateJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Perhaps we should give the new “recall” law a test in Illinois. Gov. Quinn breaks his promise on the new state income tax hike rate. Time to remove governor. That won't ...