Batavia Opinion
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Being smart about college loansMay 02, 2012 1:00 am - The premise is simple enough. Keep interest rates manageable so students can borrow money to go to college, improve their lives and be able to pay it back without going ...
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College has much to do with successMay 01, 2012 6:40 am - I am looking back to the time spent at Kenyon College, my alma mater, and what I got out of it. I remember the emphasis the faculty put on writing. I’ll not ever forget ...
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The SoapboxApr 28, 2012 1:00 am - Hey! We mean it: Maybe Mother Nature didn’t hear us last week. What happened to that balmy, early spring weather we’ve come to love — and expect? All in the family: Talk...
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Pay for road builders like health careApr 26, 2012 7:54 pm - With Illinois in the midst of a budget crisis and plans under way to make widespread deep cuts in payments to hospitals, doctors and other health services providers, Gov...
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Elgin looking great, but why visit?Apr 26, 2012 5:00 am - Kudos to the City of Elgin for its upcoming summer siege on downtown. Last year was pretty bad trying to navigate the blocked off streets and detours to do business with...
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All fun, no politics on comics pageApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - I used to find Jan Eliot’s “Stone Soup” very entertaining. Now that she’s politicizing her cartoon, shouldn’t she be on the Opinion page? I want entertainment, not polit...
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Vote the bums outApr 25, 2012 5:33 am - A letter on April 23, “Will we cut benefits for lawmakers, too?” speaks exactly to what I have been pondering. State lawmakers and their part-time positions that pay ben...
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A conversation on deer cullingApr 25, 2012 5:33 am - You’re killing hundreds of deer to see if any are sick? Yeah, maybe five were. But there’s no cure, and it’s not communicable to humans. Expensive tax-funded testing mig...
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Save a life, be an organ donorApr 25, 2012 5:33 am - April has been designated “Organ Donation” month, a subject that does not offer a great deal of public awareness. I have been pleased to see the recent commercials appea...
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Farnham interested, approachableApr 21, 2012 3:14 pm - I am writing to thank Rep. Keith Farnham for his availability in hearing from residents in the community about their issues and concerns. He’s one of the few elected off...