Burlington Opinion
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Let the Obamas have their dateJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Give me a break. Now the press is stirring the pot regarding the Obama's date night. Our lackluster past president spent 487 days at Camp David and a whopping 490 days a...
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Aurora alderman calls for changeJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - On June 1, like many of you, I paid our property tax bills. My tax bill has increased 27 percent in two years. I hear the blame to include school districts, park distric...
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This is not what Madison envisionedJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, once said, "With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers co...
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Fooling ourselves on economic planJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The United States government is expanding at an alarming rate, far beyond the capability of the taxpayers to pay for it. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office sees...
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Two inspiring examples of changeJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - There's that saying, "With age comes wisdom." Sometimes, though, wisdom has more impact when it comes from an unexpected source. Today, Staff Writer Kerry Lester bring...
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Promise to keep library shiningJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - As we are sworn in to the Gail Borden Library Board June 9, I would like to thank the voters for their support. The library is a jewel in our community, and I will work ...
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Half-price pizza does world of goodJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - It appears to me that Nick's Pizza, selling pizzas at half price, has done more to help the people of Elgin, who are short on funds, retired, families and people without...
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Let's fix roads the right wayJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - On March 16, the City of Elgin began repairing the potholes on Orchard Street that were caused by the past winter. The workers had a new red truck and matching trailer s...
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Give Cohen credit for being openJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - I came across a rather interesting article recently in "The Washington Post." It was written by Richard Cohen, somebody I don't usually agree with politically. In this c...
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Worried about Sotomayor's viewsJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Will Sonia Sotomayor continue her past practice of supporting minorities' constitutional rights, while denying those same rights to the Caucasian majority, when she beco...