Batavia Opinion
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Pensions versus IRA'sJun 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Bob Dwiels asked why his taxes pay government employee pensions. You pay because you're their employer. If your taxes didn't pay into their pensions, they would probably...
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Healing Field did just thatJun 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Recently, I had the privilege to meet an incredible group of veterans. Our Vietnam veterans. It was an emotional week for many and a week of good feelings for others. I ...
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Put down your kids' piggy bankJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - I really love her, but please don't tell her ... she's my precious and adorable one-year-old granddaughter. Don't tell her, you ask? Well, I have a creative and conveni...
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Obama blew chance with oil spillJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - When Obama first got elected his bitter opponents were wondering if it would take a nuclear bomb to get him to wake up and pay attention to the war on terror. Moderate c...
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Quinn job plan makes no senseJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Gov. Quinn's job plan - what kind of goofy plan is this? According to the article in a recent paper, the plan aims to put 15,000 low-income people to work. OK so far. He...
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Mandate English by third gradeJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Being a class of 2010 graduate from Larkin High School, I'm used to hearing the foreign languages in school. But where does it end? I truly believe that teaching or enco...
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Wetland project will be costlyJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to take a moment to bring all the residents of Mallard Point and Rolling Oaks and the residents of the village of Sugar Grove up to date as to what has been...
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Thanks for contributionsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The Dundee Township Lions Club held its annual Diabetes Awareness Campaign in West Dundee on May 7 and 8. The club thanks the community for its generous contributions. T...
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Keep chickens out of suburbsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Reading about families keeping chickens and roosters in suburban backyards brought back very bad memories. Several years ago, we were living in an unincorporated area ne...
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Why can't we make immigration work?Jun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - There is much ado about immigrants, illegal or legal. Who is to blame for this mess? We are! It goes back to the Mexican-American war of 1845 when we "won" a large part ...