Hampshire Opinion
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Downtown plan bad for BataviaJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Preferred Development of Chicago has presented a conceptual proposal for redeveloping downtown Batavia. Their plan involves moving the McDonald's restaurant to the corne...
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Kirk is fiscal conservativeJul 10, 2010 11:00 pm - As a lifelong Illinoisan, it is disheartening, and embarrassing to see national news stories about the insolvency of our state. We cannot afford to have candidates like ...
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So many too blame in Vasquez tragedyJul 10, 2010 11:00 pm - The outcome of the Vasquez trial was very upsetting. My heart aches for this young mother and her children and family. This was an accident Ms. Vasquez had no control ov...
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A new twist on term limitsJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Returning a person to the same job term after term in the legislature is how Madigan and Cullerton were able to get control and misuse it by presiding over what is a cor...
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Fireworks a problem in CarpentersvilleJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I thought firecrackers were illegal in Illinois, but maybe not so in Carpentersville. Why is it then for every holiday - and sometimes for nothing - our neighborhood sou...
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Pretty, but too tall for trafficJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to commend the city of Elgin on the beautification of the stretch of Wing Park Boulevard south of Wing Park. The center island with its trees, flowers and t...
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Longmeadow bridge a boondoggleJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Kane County and local officials need to ask and answer one question as they push through the $117 million Longmeadow Tollway scheme in this time of economic distress. Wh...
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Props to Elgin Mayor for no car perksJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Thank you, Mayor Ed Schock! In the headline of last Sunday's Daily Herald all about the many mayors wasting our taxpayers' money with new expensive take home cars, car a...
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Better Wall Street oversight needed, protection for consumersJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - After the scare of an economic collapse a couple years ago, an overhaul of the oversight rules for Wall Street seems due. We haven't had real consumer protection on the ...
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We need strong regulation of the financial markets and bankingJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The lack of government regulation helped to create the situation that led to the economic collapse of the fall of 2008 - the fallout from which we are still dealing with...