Algonquin Opinion
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Endorsement: Yes to restore services in Prospect Heights fire districtMar 05, 2018 12:00 am - Officials in the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District are seeking to restore services lost since the 2008 Great Recession took hold, and they say they can do it wit...
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Endorsement: Yes to disband Aurora Election CommissionMar 02, 2018 12:00 am - A 50 percent off sale is almost always a sure winner, and we have one for you in Aurora. If voters abolish the Aurora Election Commission, Kane County Clerk Jack Cunning...
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Endorsement: No on Deer Park sales tax increaseMar 02, 2018 12:00 am - Largely at issue in a Deer Park request for a sales tax increase is who will pay for $400,000 a year in infrastructure improvements in the village. Voters approved a qua...
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Student activists embody the spirit of Marjory Stoneman DouglasFeb 28, 2018 10:00 pm - Student survivors of the horrific mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida are grieving. But they are also organizing. Within days of t...
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Editorial: The importance of persistence in government consolidationJan 09, 2018 4:00 am - If there is one thing we learn about reform from watching government in Illinois, it is that persistence is a required ingredient for success. It took more than 20 year...
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Editorial: DuPage, Kane persistence in government consolidationJan 09, 2018 12:00 am - If there is one thing we learn about reform from watching government in Illinois, it is that persistence is a required ingredient for success. It took more than 20 year...
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Editorial: Shared police social worker could be model ideaDec 13, 2017 10:00 pm - Good cops must have some social-work skills to be effective. Being a good listener, dispensing sound advice, knowing when to use patience or a firm hand to defuse tense ...
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Why we're appalled by players' behaviorOct 18, 2017 12:00 am - There were three things my father loved, his family, his country, even though he lost his brother in the Vietnam War, and football, the Bears. The flag belongs to the Am...
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Editorial: Fighting opioid epidemic on many frontsOct 12, 2017 5:00 am - If anyone doubts the extent of the opioid epidemic, pay attention to these stories on the federal, state and local level just in the last couple days. On Tuesday, first ...
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Take action, don't deny reality of climate changeOct 10, 2017 12:01 am - No, EPA chief Tom Pruitt, this is not insensitive. Insensitive is ignoring the way forward. Hurricane Harvey floods Houston. Typhoons kill thousands and leave millions h...