Batavia Opinion
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Watch your taxes go up, and upDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - When the Batavia Township Equalized Assessed Values were published, I saw an increase of $3,000 or more in the equalized assessed property values in my neighborhood. Thi...
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Soapbox: Bridge of sighsDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Batavia's downtown bridge won't be completed by Dec. 14. It might not even be done in January if the weather is too cold. Worse yet, the westbound lanes that are complet...
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Thanks for help at fundraiserDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - We would like to thank all of the people who attended or sponsored the Plate of Pasta fundraiser that was held on Nov. 16 at the VFW hall in St. Charles. It was a huge s...
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Buy toys that help American workersDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - With all the recalls of toys coming out of China and the slowing of the U.S. economy isn't it time that we started to take care of our own companies and workers here in ...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Tri-Cities Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Good for you, Batavia It's nice that a national magazine, BusinessWeek, has noticed what Batavia residents have known for some time -- that the city is a great place to ...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...
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From bathroom attendant to JFK-era whistleblowerNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - The holidays are always a difficult stretch for Abraham Bolden. Not only did his wife die at this time of year, but so did his president and so did a little of bit of hi...
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Get 14th District debates under wayNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - I am disappointed Republican candidates in the 14th Congressional District have no scheduled debates. Presidential candidates and 14th District Democratic candidates are...