Crystal Lake Opinion
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Oct 22, 2011 5:00 am - No Way, EDA. I have had the privilege of serving the students in District 300 for the past 25 years. As a teacher, coach and administrator, I have observed first hand th...
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To be fair, be fair to allOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - I do not agree with the Occupy Wall Street protesters, but for the sake of argument let’s say that their message of corporate greed, taxing millionaires and spreading th...
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Why do we bother with speed limits?Oct 22, 2011 5:00 am - We drove to Wisconsin recently via I-90 from Route 20 to the Illinois border. The construction zone speed limit is 45 mph with fines of $375 minimum. I set my cruise con...
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Sears doing nothing wrongOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - For the past several weeks, I have read a few letters from people associated with District 300 schools agonizing over the potential move out of Illinois that Sears is co...
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The SoapboxOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Not paying attention? A 14-year-old brings a BB gun into his locker at Glenbard West High School. An 18-year-old shows off a bullet to classmates at Neuqua Valley. In th...
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Halt Sears tax breakOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - There are more than 21,000 children in District 300, and for the last 23 years they have been figuratively told to sit quietly at the back of the bus while their educati...
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U-46 insider supports D300 fightOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - As a parent with two kids in the U-46 school system, a two-time candidate for the U-46 board of education and a former vice chairman of the U-46 Citizens Advisory Counci...
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When do tax breaks trump education?Oct 18, 2011 5:00 am - I’m writing to give you a student’s perspective about the issue of the potential extension of Sears tax breaks. To many lawmakers, we are just a number — a statistic if ...
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Stop mining in forest preservesOct 18, 2011 5:00 am - How many people are aware that our public forest preserves aren’t safe from the mining industry? Illinois has a cozy and shocking arrangement with the gravel mining indu...
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Compromise needed on Sears incentiveOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - Annie Thompson, spokeswoman for Gov. Pat Quinn, hit the nail on the head when she stated in the Daily Herald, “Sears plays an important role in our state’s economy ...” ...