Batavia Opinion
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State has no fiscal accountabilityJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - This letter is in regard to the Daily Herald's viewpoint June 28 on the budget crisis in the state. One must often wonder how the state got into this predicament. Every ...
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If you need help, just askJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The staff at Lazarus House was very saddened by the recent death of someone known to us who lived down the street from Lazarus House. In situations such as this, we are ...
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Saturday SoapboxJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - End the monopoly: Our sympathies are with the 20 trash haulers who have filed suit against 11 municipalities in Cook and DuPage counties that have locked them out of pic...
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Baseball camp was great - and bargainJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to commend Coach Jim Kating of South Elgin High School on the summer baseball camp we attended the past two weeks for sixth through eighth grade youth. My h...
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Kudos to all who made Swedish Days happenJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - We'd like to thank Geneva residents and our many visitors who attended the 2009 Midsommar Swedish Days Festival and those who helped make it the destination summer event...
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State income tax increase is neededJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The state budget meltdown must be resolved with a substantial increase in revenues or the proposed budget cuts will be unconscionably cruel to hundreds of our vulnerable...
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Geneva school board is out of touchJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing in support of the J.D. Graff letter to the editor you printed June 26. The letter claimed the recent action of the Geneva school board in signing a new thre...
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Silent majority silent no longerJul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The silent majority can remain silent no longer. We are under attack from all levels of government. The federal government is trying to increase our energy cost in an ef...
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Kirk's support of energy bill foolishJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Republican Mark Kirk voted "yes" recently to the largest tax bill to be forced on American citizens in its history. This bill is erroneously labeled the Waxman/Markey En...
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Exercise your right to be curiousJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama began his tenure in the White House with a promise to make the federal government more transparent. After eight years of opacity, that was welcome news. ...