Batavia Opinion
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Extend ‘el’ all the way to HuntleyOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - In response to the proposed tollway increases, I would like to know: If the increases are to rebuild the tollway, why are we repaving the tollway now; why not wait until...
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Less government means less wasteOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - The answer to the plea of a recent letter writer, who is also President of Kendall County Democratic Women, to pass Obama’s recent jobs bill can be found in Hamilton’s F...
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Elgin cops restored order in neighborhoodOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - Kudos to the Elgin Police Department. A couple weeks ago, our quiet neighborhood was unexpectedly interrupted by a family that rented a home. As a group of concerned nei...
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Time for Sears to pay fair shareOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - I’m deeply disappointed in the attempts by legislators to extend the Sears economic development agreement and the lack of transparency in how the tax breaks have been us...
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Middle class will take one for teamOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - The “class wars” have been proclaimed between the rich and the middle class. I think we can predict the outcome by looking at another “war” that is being waged in profes...
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Many made healing field happenOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - To all the volunteers who worked so hard to make our 9-11 Memorial Healing Field in Carpenter Park a huge success, thank you. To all the sponsors both financial and in k...
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Nothing wrong with feeding baby formulaOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - In reference to the Sept. 26 article. “Do hospital freebies undermine breast-feeding?,” it would be a shame if hospitals got rid of these free samples of formula. Not ev...
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Fewer regulations; less interferenceOct 06, 2011 5:00 am - “From the moment I took office, what we’ve seen is a constant ideological pushback against any kind of sensible reforms that would make our economy work better and give ...
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Obama, Robinson should bone up on mathOct 06, 2011 5:00 am - The Sept. 23 Daily Herald Opinion Page had an article by Eugene Robinson ending with “And we heard Obama’s retort: ‘This is not class warfare. It’s math.’” Well, let’s e...
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Kane a leader in fiscal stewardshipOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - Jim Fuller’s Sept. 22 article, “Kane County taxpayers say assessments too low,” raises a number of important points about the struggle to keep property taxes as low as p...