Burlington Opinion
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Let local, state police help ATF agentsApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Since gun control legislation makes quivering cowards of all politicians, why don't we allow all local and state police organizations help the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco...
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Saturday Soapbox: You did your best, Hersey parentsApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - So now it's time to watch what happens. As many parents, students and even former students objected, the District 214 school board on Thursday reduced the orchestra prog...
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Saturday Soapbox: U-46 doubling the defenseApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Some Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers will do double duty later today when they participate in a martial arts self-defense course at Eastview Middle School in Ba...
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Such irresponsible journalism hurts allApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - While I am quite sure that the Daily Herald wants to publish the news fairly, it cannot do so with its blind acceptance of slanted news wire articles. During most of 20...
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LHS 'Pirates' was a musical winnerApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Years ago in western Massachusetts, I saw "Cinderella" performed by high school students. It was so entertaining, I still think about it. Hollywood stars could not have ...
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Help us celebrate early learning effortsApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As the senior vice president of Elgin Day Care Center, a program of Kids Hope United, I have witnessed just how important early-learning programs are. Children who atte...
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Without any food, climate won't matterApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Gas prices at an all time high and food prices going up. We are putting food in our gas tank. How crazy are we? We have oil in Alaska we cannot drill for, a new find of...
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Frontier violated basic escrow rulesApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - When Frontier Airlines declared bankruptcy, it mentioned higher fuel costs, less traffic and that its credit card processor was withholding more money for advanced ticke...
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Animal shelter gets government fundsApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In a recent article about the need for homes for barn cats at Anderson Animal Shelter, it was mentioned that Anderson receives no government funding. Yet it does. It ha...
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State budget impasse must be resolvedApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently I joined with my colleagues in the state Senate to pass a plan for ending the bitter budget debate that has plagued Springfield for the better part of a year no...