Geneva Opinion
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Don't take credit when you didn't vote yesJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Transparency, accountability, reform, citizen empowerment: admirable and achievable goals to reform Illinois politics. Before we can move forward, however, we also need ...
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Let's hope signs of confidence just a startJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Nothing begets confidence like confidence. We've been in a collective clench for so long as businesses enormous and small have gone bankrupt or closed, jobs have been st...
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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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Carbon capture not realisticJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The editorial, "Consider climate bill despite costs," is deeply flawed on several levels. I will address one, which is the premise on which Waxman-Markey is based. Repre...
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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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Band director is top notchJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Geneva is very fortunate to have an outstanding high school music department, and privileged to have Pat Frederick as a band director. I think I speak for all the GHS b...
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Catholic missionaries deserve more creditJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - It is about time we give credit to the Catholic missionaries in Africa, Asia and Latin America who are at the bedside of those infected with AIDS and leprosy. One only f...