Geneva Opinion
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Don’t hire based on credit historyJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - I am writing to express my appreciation for Rep. Keith Farnham’s efforts to change the job market climate by sponsoring legislation making it illegal for employers to re...
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What happened to LWV neutrality?Jan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - The Fence Post article titled, “Tax increase sorely needed,” written by the president of the League of Women Voters of Illinois, was a real eye opener. The League of Wom...
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Is oil drilling to blame for shift?Jan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - I’m not a scientist, but after learning that the earth’s axis has shifted and thinking about the severe hurricanes, floods, rainstorms and snowstorms we have been having...
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Small gestures of good, bad leave lasting marks on kidsJan 30, 2011 11:00 pm - A smart kid with good grades, Michael Spivak came from a supportive family and had just celebrated a successful bar mitzvah that ushered him into manhood. But he still w...
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Abortion replaces natural selectionJan 29, 2011 12:00 am - Our numbers are growing, constantly growing, spurred on by the incredibly thoughtless rhetoric as demonstrated by the two-page display ads recently found in this, and on...
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Sticky notes are annoying, helpfulJan 29, 2011 12:00 am - The familiar yellow sticky note has been around for some time, and they are convenient. Reminders, marking a page in a book, notes on my computer, a comment stuck to a p...
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Thanks to those who bought booksJan 28, 2011 12:00 am - Christmas has been boxed up and packed away for another year, but I’m sure that the books purchased at Barnes & Noble during the Million Books for A Million Children Hol...
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This is not ‘Obama’s debt’Jan 28, 2011 12:00 am - A political cartoon Jan. 23 depicted a Land of Oz in which President Obama, as Dorothy, stands next to a house labeled “debt,” which has crushed Uncle Sam, playing the r...
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Death penalty as revenge? Sure.Jan 28, 2011 12:00 am - In answer to the Fence Post letter dated Jan, 21 by Linda Sobieski of Elburn, you have hit the nail square on the head. How many people does one have to kill to deserve ...
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No gravel mining; you have my voteJan 28, 2011 12:00 am - The Kane County Forest Preserve District board is to be commended for efforts to preserve more open lands by asking permission from voters in an April referendum for the...