Opinion Stories from March 29, 2019 (Change date)
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Hoping for better tone from women candidatesMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - Somewhere Harold Washington must have smiled when two African American women, arguably the best of 14 mayoral candidates, ended up in the runoff for mayor of Chicago on ...
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Local campaigning using out-of-state firmsMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - The local municipal and school board elections on April 2 are important because the men and women we elect will make decisions that can affect us more directly and more ...
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Lent is the annual invitation to focus on spiritual mattersMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - A friend - reacting to the apparent thinness of Robert Mueller's case against the president - told me: "This year, I'm giving up hope for Lent." I, in turn, am giving up...
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Don't let minority make schools decisionsMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - There have been so many campaigns to encourage voting, but why is it necessary? Why aren't more people voting in local elections, deciding things like who sets the direc...
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Understand taxes before you voteMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - In this season of municipal campaigning, the contentious issue of real estate taxes always arises. As an elected official not on any ballot this election, I want to clar...
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Requiem for an investigationMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - Cathartic, it was not. The relentlessly plodding Mueller report finally ended after a 22-month whodunit that climaxed to the sound of pffft. There is no evidence of col...
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Impressive accomplishments on St. Charles councilMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - St. Charles needs Rita Payleitner's experience, knowledge, integrity, values and vision. Her accomplishments the last two terms are impressive to say the least. Rita has...
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