Batavia Opinion
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Hard to grasp school seminar outrageFeb 20, 2013 3:00 am - I read with interest, Jake Griffin's Feb. 13 Tax Watchdog column since he started out with Batavia Unit District 101 in which I am a resident and taxpayer. I was looking...
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Misleading article on Lauzen sign upFeb 14, 2013 3:01 am - Misleading article on Lauzen sign up Jim Fuller’s Feb. 7 article regarding Kane County Board members participation in executive committee meetings misleads readers ...
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Editorial: School conference costs reflect need for restraintFeb 12, 2013 1:50 pm - Life is full of choices, especially when it comes to spending money. They are the kinds of decisions most of us make every day on one level or another. Should we buy a ...
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Missed opportunity in Campton HillsJan 31, 2013 3:40 am - Missed opportunity in Campton Hills I have never been the type to judge people. I don’t think that I’m better than anyone. People have fallen into hard times and ho...
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Gloomy prognosis for next two yearsJan 25, 2013 3:40 am - Gloomy prognosis for next two years The Illinois General Assembly started its new session and for the next two years there will be little done to improve Illinois. ...
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Gun buyers pay up front for prison bedsJan 15, 2013 3:09 am - Gun buyers pay up front for prison beds I just moved back to Illinois, from living between Phoenix and Tucson in Casa Grande, Az. where guns are allowed by law, whe...
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Legislators should cancel own pensionsJan 10, 2013 3:11 am - Legislators should cancel own pensions According to the Dec. 8 Daily Herald, Illinois collects more than double the tax revenue of its five contiguous states. The d...
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Editorial: Take flu precautions for yourself, othersJan 07, 2013 4:00 am - Gesundheit! Now go home. Yes, and get some rest and drink plenty of fluids. And if you aren’t sneezing or coughing yet, your lungs and nasal passages clogged with conges...
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No reason to have assault weaponsDec 27, 2012 4:00 am - There will always be troubled children and adults who need as much extra help as we can provide, and we can probably do a better job as a society and community to help t...
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Time to rethink parking at ECCDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - The parking lot at Elgin Community College needs to be improved. Students speed through it recklessly, traffic gets backed up because there are only a few exits, and stu...