Fox River Grove Opinion
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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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School districts are bleeding us dryOct 17, 2011 5:00 am - I would like to take this opportunity to thank those individuals responsible for raising my school taxes. My 2010 property tax bill just arrived. The combined 2010 scho...
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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 ...” ...
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End tax break for SearsOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - The Sears EDA has to be stopped. Clearly none of the people deciding on this issue have students in District 300 or care about our children; otherwise, this amendment wo...
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Cooperation inherits, uses the windOct 13, 2011 5:00 am - It’s always good to see a good idea move forward, even if slowly. Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, Keeneyville Elementary District 20 and Prospect Heig...
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Don’t cut short kids’ educationOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing to voice my concern and my rejection of Senate Bill 400 and Amendment 3 of the bill. I support schools and reject any cuts in funding because the students a...
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Strength of science is it self-correctsOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - Regarding faster than light neutrinos in the news Sept. 22: Was Einstein wrong? No, and neither was Newton, whose theories were superseded by Einstein’s. To Newton, spac...
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Prairie State scores continue to flagOct 11, 2011 5:00 am - To say that there is a crisis in the Illinois educational system would be an understatement. In Illinois, all high school juniors take the Prairie State Achievement Exam...
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Religious freedoms are being attackedOct 11, 2011 5:00 am - Of great concern to many who profess Judeo Christian beliefs are recent actions by the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. Examples: forc...
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Walsh another corrupt politicianOct 10, 2011 11:00 pm - It’s bad enough that Joe Walsh’s lack of personal responsibility and duplicitous rhetoric has become the face of the Illinois tea party, but it appears that Walsh is soo...