Bartlett Opinion
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School expansion clearly is neededOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Regarding the Daily Herald's Oct. 11 article "Renovate Grant High or pay less in taxes," I am writing to correct your choice of the word "renovate." It severely downplay...
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...
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County officials must share budget painOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, it probably would have taken a fairy godmother to bail DuPage County out of its budget crisis. But maybe she was too busy with other things to waste time wav...
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A simple solution for county budgetOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - I have a solution to the Cook County budget shortfall: simply cut the salary of every county employee in half and eliminate all benefits. When the workers walk off the j...
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Cook County can't afford higher taxesOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: Recently, the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability issued a report that Cook County's revenue system is unable to support the services that it is char...
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Soapbox: Good compromiseOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Developers of Wanish Park near Gurnee at first wanted to pay no impact fees because ownership of the new townhouses and condominiums will be limited to buyers 50 or olde...
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Soapbox: Path needs another funding sourceOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Warrenville could walk away with something extra as part of the long-awaited thorium cleanup of the DuPage River. City representatives say they would like to see a netwo...
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Soapbox: Seeing redOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Bravo, Elk Grove Village. If only every intersection in the state could have cameras to catch reckless drivers speeding right through a red light, in a hurry for an earl...
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Soapbox: Words hardly sufficeOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Adequate words truly fail in expressing condolences to longtime political fixture Jim Ryan and his wife, Marie, on the death by apparent suicide of their son Patrick. Te...
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Keep property tax relief in placeOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - We are writing to state our support of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision to provide Cook County homeowners relief from escalating property tax assessments. This week the g...