Batavia Opinion
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The SoapboxOct 12, 2013 5:00 am - Budgetary perspective in Elgin: Elgin city councilmen are not sure about eliminating business license fees because they worry about losing revenue. The fees are projecte...
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Soapboxing on radical-turned-speaker Bill AyersSep 29, 2013 5:00 am - Sunday Soapbox. Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is my Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, and shamel...
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Editorial: Truancy, heroin problems are intertwinedSep 27, 2013 5:00 am - If you read Sunday’s paper you may have seen two stories — one about Naperville’s unified attack on heroin use, the other about Kane County’s runaway truancy problem. Wh...
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Support the Second AmendmentSep 25, 2013 4:40 am - Support the Second Amendment I urge you to support the Second Amendment. The Constitution guarantees this right to all Americans. With the support of the media we c...
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Editorial: Pooling resources will help boost digital learningSep 18, 2013 5:00 am - We do a fair amount of hand-wringing over the state of educational funding in the state of Illinois. And we have been known at times to criticize the spending of taxpaye...
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Our Mideast involvement has done little for usSep 09, 2013 5:00 am - I do not support military involvement of any type in Syria. Our involvement in that part of the world has done nothing for this country but to get our servicemen and wom...
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The SoapboxAug 31, 2013 5:00 am - Rudeness at its worst: Sad note the other day about a mother dreading the start of school because she has to get her disabled child on a bus. That’s not the sad part. Sh...
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Remembrance rescue truck visits West ChicagoAug 29, 2013 11:00 pm - West Chicago, Illinois: August 30, 2013 – West Chicago business owners Kent Jean and Kevin Fett of Evo Exhibits welcomed one of two remaining Rescue Trucks from 9/11 to ...
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Congress must fix Voters Rights ActAug 29, 2013 4:40 am - Congress must fix Voters Rights Act As the summer heat began to build in Washington DC, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision which gutted key c...
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Don’t rush to judge Charlestowne planAug 28, 2013 4:01 am - Don’t rush to judge Charlestowne plan Recently an announcement was made that Charlestowne Mall in St. Charles was being sold. The new owners have not presented any ...