Batavia Opinion
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The SoapboxApr 14, 2012 1:00 am - Big ray of hope: In a huge suburban sign of economic recovery, developers Dwight and Ruth Yackley are launching a $30 million expansion of their upscale Main Street Prom...
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Why add nine more Cook judges?Apr 09, 2012 10:07 am - Right now, 272 full circuit court judges in Cook County are in the process of casting secret ballots to select nine new associate judges. The judicial vacancies are abou...
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Thanks for your supportApr 08, 2012 5:00 am - On behalf of my entire family, I would like to thank the voters of Kane County Board District 19, who helped us through the March primary. I am both humbled and honored ...
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Vote for Mitt, destroy middle classApr 08, 2012 5:00 am - If you’re thinking about voting for Mitt Romney because you hate Barack Obama, remember that you’ll really return to the George Bush policies that were a huge disaster. ...
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Racial profiling is same as bullyingApr 08, 2012 5:00 am - As the Trayvon Marin case drags on, I wonder how many other young men are being prosecuted because of the color of their skin? How many young people see others crossing ...
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The SoapboxApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - Creative solution: It might have been tempting in the throes of budget cuts for Indian Prairie Unit District 204 to just scuttle its middle school soccer program. Instea...
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Don’t let ‘em ruin postal serviceApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - It seems quite apparent that the United States Postal Service’s upper management is in league with the philosophy of the Republican Party — misguided. Why? Unbelievable,...
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Who pays when mortgages default?Apr 07, 2012 5:00 am - Homes in the U.S. have lost a third of their value, impacting home equity loans or second mortgages. When homes default because homeowners are not making their mortgage ...
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Hold on expansion of judicial centerApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - The economy tanked, the jobless rate is intolerable, people lost homes, the numbers of homeless and poor increased and Illinois is broke. Judges, whose salaries increase...
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Difference between death, bloody nosesApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - Uncertainty surrounds the untimely death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on March 17, except for this: What separates this tragedy from a physical confrontation and one or...