Batavia Opinion
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Batavia schools must limit spendingOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Last April the Daily Herald published an article about how the cost of gas was hurting school budgets. At that time I wrote to you to inquire how Batavia schools was abl...
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High school flag allegation not supportedOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - On Aug. 29 Batavia played St. Charles East in the first football game of the season. Articles written about the game in the Kane County Chronicle and the Daily Herald qu...
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Biblical literalism, politics don't mixSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - As political parties woo the so-called "evangelical" voter, and as society continues to deal with a brand of faith based significantly on Biblical literalism, we should ...
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Sheriff thankful for smooth jail switchSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to take this time to give thanks to all those who were involved in the task of transporting the inmates from the old Kane County jail to the new Adult Justi...
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Kane shortchanging mentally illSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - On Aug. 25, the Kane County Community Development Block Grant staff held a public hearing on the consolidated annual performance and evaluation report. This report descr...
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'Do not call' until you give out numberSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has smoothly avoided the FCC's Do Not Call List on unwanted telephone solicitations. Obama encouraged millions...
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Too bad Obama can't pull it offSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I know this is going to tick a lot of people off, but I am sticking my neck out to say: Obama is going to lose. In fact, I will go so far as to say he does not stand a c...
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Palin's politics smack of failureSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Watching Sarah Palin's speech last night was validation that John McCain plans to run his campaign with the same approach used by George W. Bush. He plans to stoke our f...
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Local government shouldn't competeAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Susan Sarkauskas wrote a very good article in Sunday's paper. I hope she will write some follow-ups. For example: When we moved to Batavia over 20 years ago, it took two...
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'Final Salute' a must readAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Remembering the brave and the stories of men who choose to be soldiers for our country is sensitively told in this must-read book, "The Final Salute." A Pulitzer Prize ...