Burlington Opinion
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Stay watchful on all environmental issuesSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - On July 15, the media broke the story that BP was approved to increase the amount of hazardous materials they could dump in Lake Michigan. The next morning, I publicly c...
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Did do his research before writing letterSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - This letter is in response to Paul Stukel's Aug. 20 letter. In responding to my letter to the editor, Stukel suggested I needed to do more research before I commented on...
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Mill Race Inn owner offers thanksSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - The Mill Race Inn has weathered the storm and is now open for business. We, at The Mill Race Inn, would like to thank the city of Geneva for its continued support and co...
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'Going green' can save public's green, tooSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Not since the late 1960s and early 1970s has there been such focus on the environment and what could be done to protect it. Pollution control and energy conservation hav...
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Age of enlightenment?Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs says he panicked after crashing his high, high-end car into a light pole at 3 in the morning and left the scene to "avoid a scene."...
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We have socialized medicine right nowAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The words "socialized medicine" make doctors and drug companies quake with fear because it may curb their unbridled profiteering. That's supposed to be bad? We have soci...
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Taking on critics of his health care letterAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - In response to Terry Gavin and Charles Peraino, who responded to my letter. I get my facts from the many health care Internet Web sites available to any one with a comp...
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Some suicides require coverage, but always with sensitivityAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sad though it is, covering tragedy is a mainstay of daily news reporting. When people are injured or die violently, a wide range of factors come into play to make that n...
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Dist. 303 should focus on the basicAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - I was sitting with a group of parents last weekend discussing D303 and not one parent in the room had anything positive to say about our district. We were rehashing some...
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Fans singing for a chance at 7th heavenAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - As a kid growing up in Arlington Heights, Matt Shepardson dreamed of stepping up to home plate at Wrigley Field and launching a Ryne Sandberg-esque home run as C...