Geneva Opinion
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Water belongs to all of us on the ChainDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - After reading Don Barringer's letter published Dec. 5 in favor of a speed limit on the Chain, I feel compelled to clarify some simple facts. I'm a fifth-generation boate...
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Thanks for help after house fireDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - On Sept. 30, 2007 our family suffered the devastating loss of our home to a fire. By that evening we started to see the community of St. Charles and surrounding communit...
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Tri-Cities soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A learning experience Kevin Burns will keep his day job and his political job. And the Geneva mayor will still have plenty of time for his family. In the end, that shoul...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Burns best choice for CongressDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - of money buys lots of newspaper space and direct-mail pieces, you'll see and hear plenty between now and the Feb. 5 GOP primary about two wealthy candidates named La...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Geneva's right to use taxes for tourismDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Having out-of-town visitors spend money in your community is always a boost to the city coffers, but the trick is to get those visitors to stay for more than one day. Th...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Tri-Cities Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Good for you, Batavia It's nice that a national magazine, BusinessWeek, has noticed what Batavia residents have known for some time -- that the city is a great place to ...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...