Batavia Opinion
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Why against releasing Trump tax returns?Mar 13, 2017 12:00 am - Bill Pascrell, New Jersey member of the House Ways and Means Committee, recently tried to invoke a 1924 law that allows house committee members to examine tax returns. ...
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Endorsement: Schielke for Batavia mayorFeb 28, 2017 12:00 am - Before deciding to seek another term, Batavia Mayor Jeffery Schielke did what he usually does. He talked to about 300 residents. Enough of them gave him a thumbs-up tha...
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Endorsement: Dinwiddie for Batavia City Council, Ward 1Feb 28, 2017 12:00 am - Scott Salvati, appointed last fall to the Batavia City Council in Ward 1 following the resignation of Carl Fischer, has his hands full in his race against perennial cont...
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Editorial: Batavia anti-home rule drive puts focus on tensions, importance of electionsJan 07, 2017 1:00 pm - The 1970 Illinois Constitution was drafted with a home-rule provision that automatically gives municipalities with at least 25,000 people greater powers of self governan...
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Editorial: Remembering Pearl Harbor, 75 years laterDec 07, 2016 12:00 am - The infamy of December 7, 1941, roused a nation. Yet, it was something that could be truly known only by the individuals who were there. Listen to them while you can. Ar...
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Let's try to be more professionalDec 02, 2016 4:01 am - Isn't it a shame that the press was booed at both Democrat and Republican debates during the Presidential Primaries, then missed its forecasts by such a wide margin rega...
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Herald, columnists still trashing TrumpNov 25, 2016 11:01 pm - Unfortunately, the Herald and it many columnists are continuing their rather vicious trashing of our president elect with no end in sight. One of the worst is Michael G...
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Time for change in coroner's officeNov 04, 2016 1:00 am - As Kane County Coroner from 1976 to 1999, I may have been only countywide female Democrat, but that didn't stop me from working with the Republican County Board to turn ...
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She's not qualifiedOct 30, 2016 1:00 am - OK, you've now had your say about your endorsement, media elitists. Now here is our feedback: There is no justification for a Clinton for POTUS from the Clinton Crime Fa...
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Clinton's claims about kids ring hollowOct 21, 2016 1:00 am - Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's new commercial shows only herself, no husband or children. All she mentions is how she will change women's rights inc...