Geneva Opinion
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Make candidates earn your voteDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - The legislative breakfast cosponsored by the Chambers of Commerce for Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles provided a great opportunity to hear the positions of those vying f...
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Asking for a closer look at ECC benefitsDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - I read with interest the Daily Herald's recent article that Dr. Sam, the president of the college, was unanimously granted an increase in his monthly stipend to $1,000 a...
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I'll go ahead and say it: 'Christmas'Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Warning: If you are politically correct, please skip this column. This is a story about Christmas. I figure it's OK for me to actually write that word Christmas since it...
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Nation needs serious leadership at the topDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - I consider myself any average guy in his mid-50s, a Midwesterner with a good job and great family. I vote in elections. I'm not a Republican and I am not a Democrat. I'v...
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In the interest of some peace, try a Disunited States of AmericaDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - In this season of hope, there is none to be had. The Elgin City Council is insulted that several thousand legal, taxpaying citizens asked them to answer a few questions ...
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Saturday Soapbox: 3-year deal deliveredDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Nice to see Elgin School District U-46 teachers didn't deliver a strike as a Christmas present for district students and residents. And if they got the attention of an o...
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Bill Foster has right approach for 14thDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Recently, Republican candidate Jim Oberweis was greeting folks at the Geneva train station. As one of his would-be constituents, I told Oberweis that I am alarmed about ...
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Reporting needed, not entertainmentDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - If the Dec. 15 reporting on the 14th Congressional District candidate forum in St. Charles is an example of what the media has become, an entertainment industry, it expl...
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Choral concert-goers showed little respectDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - I attended the 6 p.m. concert of the Elgin Children's Chorus on Dec. 2 and was appalled at the conduct of some members of the audience. The choristers work very hard in ...
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Reporting needed, not entertainmentDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - If the Dec. 15 reporting on the 14th Congressional District candidate forum in St. Charles is an example of what the media has become, an entertainment industry, it exp...