Batavia Opinion
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Blocking contraception plan unfair to womenApr 05, 2012 5:53 am - The League of Women Voters has supported access to universal, quality health care since 1993. The league is also committed to public policy that respects the rights of i...
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Paper-ballot problems not a firstApr 05, 2012 1:00 am - As an Aurora election judge volunteer, my precinct was one of the many dealing with the wrong-sized-paper-ballot issue during the March 20 primary. It was disruptive and...
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Affordable Health Care Act and womenApr 02, 2012 5:43 am - Recently, GOP Budget Chairman Paul Ryan launched another attempt to end Medicare. Paul Ryan’s new Republican budget will replace the Medicare guarantee with vouchers for...
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Church just wants religious freedomApr 02, 2012 5:43 am - It seems there’s an ongoing effort to create confusion regarding the true meaning of religious liberty in our nation and, in particular, how the recent Health and Human ...
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Don’t impose English on Puerto RicansMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Have Republicans have lost faith in the proposition that free markets provide the ultimate gauge of useful behavior? How else can we interpret the current bandwagon buil...
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Budgets don’t influence assessorMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - The township assessor is charged with valuing property fairly and equitably ... PERIOD. Assessing property is complicated, but in the simplest terms, assessments are lar...
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Obama’s regret explains our messMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - March 31 marks the seventh anniversary of the “legal” murder by dehydration of Terri Schiavo. For 14 days she was dried out like a prune while the country stood by. Cont...
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The SoapboxMar 30, 2012 10:45 pm - Hit the jackpot? Well, did ya win? Did ya? Did ya? Yeah, neither did we. Oh well. Then again ... One or two people may have proved themselves “geniuses” by turning a few...
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Would sports complex benefit Kane?Mar 30, 2012 5:00 am - I urge all Kane County citizens to become aware of plans now on the drawing board regarding the property that formerly housed the county jail and sheriff’s office on Fab...
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Staff at Fabyan School outstandingMar 30, 2012 5:00 am - I am writing this letter in appreciation of the staff at Fabyan Elementary School in Geneva. My son, Caleb, is a second-grader at Fabyan. We moved from Wisconsin to Illi...