Batavia Opinion
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We must find honorable leadersFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - I was not surprised to read the national headline of yet another Illinois politician engulfed in scandal. How long are we going to take the corruption from our state off...
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Lauzen's victory shows he respondsFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - State Sen. Chris Lauzen's landslide victory in the Feb. 2 primary election should be an important lesson to politicians. His opposition contended that he was not an effe...
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Leave the coyotes beFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The story regarding coyotes on Feb. 10 reminds me of the stories of man vs. buffalo and white man vs. American Indian. Who was here first? Let's just take "their" home a...
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Buoyed by everyday kindness of othersFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - In my 70 plus years, I went here, there, everywhere automatically. No thought ... in and out of stores, regular doors, revolving doors. I did things - lifted, carried, w...
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Judge candidate thanks supportersFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - This letter is to thank everyone who supported me, voted for me and, particularly, for my campaign workers. I am proud of the campaign that we ran. I also want to assure...
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What is news? Certainly not thisFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - We live in a sick and twisted society where a mother can have her baby killed on demand and suffer no consequences from the law. Shoot a stray dog, however, and you are ...
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Cohen should have been allowed to runFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - I say let Scott Lee Cohen run for the office of lieutenant governor in Illinois. Are we not the nation of second, third and fourth chances? Leave his past in the past. C...
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Savio was a kind, fun-loving personFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Last summer I saw someone interview Drew Peterson on television. During the interview, Peterson stated that Kathy Savio was a "hellcat." I once dated Kathy Savio. We wen...
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Senate election not repudiation of ObamaFeb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - The media and political pundits have been all ablather since the Senate election in Massachusetts, saying it was a game-changer and repudiation of the Obama administrati...
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Thanks for support in state house runFeb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Every election offers each of us the unique opportunity to directly participate in what makes America so special: that we have government of the people, by the people, f...