Hoffman Estates Opinion
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Editorial: Teaching and enforcing civility among public officialsNov 29, 2017 10:00 pm - As tempting as it might be to take Palatine Township board members to task for admitting they need a mediator to help them remain civil and stay on course in meetings, l...
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Modernize assessments to make them more fairNov 21, 2017 12:00 am - To Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios and Chief Deputy Assessor Christopher Crowley. I received your letter of Nov. 3 stating your analysis of my assessment appeal indi...
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Unions usually don't lose; taxpayers doNov 13, 2017 4:00 am - The letter from Judy Janes, "Community loses in D15 strike," is misguided. Unions put forward a list of demands and basically they win 85 percent of what they demand. To...
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Palatine District 15 spending plenty of money on attorneysNov 13, 2017 4:00 am - The District 15 school board claims on social media that they are bargaining in good faith to resolve the strike of support staff. One would think there is no money to s...
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Why no complaints about Obama?Nov 11, 2017 12:00 am - I voted for both George W. and George H.W. Bush. I supported both presidencies and championed their occupancies of the office. I always looked upon them as presidents an...
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School board's bad faith bargaining behind District 15 strikeNov 06, 2017 5:00 am - I now understand the 10-year teacher contract in Palatine Township Elementary District 15. What reasonable person wants to go through this nonsense every three years? If...
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Fight the Asian carpNov 05, 2017 1:00 am - If the Army Corp of Engineers doesn't fully address the Asian carp infestation of the Great Lakes, a $6 billion water recreation industry will be lost. Thousands of smal...
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Poor quality road workOct 27, 2017 1:00 am - I'd like to commend Plote and the state of Illinois on a job well botched. The roadway from east of Harper College east to Golf Road has recently been completely resurf...
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District 15 school board treating support staff unfairlyOct 23, 2017 5:00 am - The injunction approved by Judge Neil Cohen is not only unprecedented but disenfranchises the union and divides it. The ruling makes the nurses and one on one program as...
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Not comfortable without District 15 support staffOct 23, 2017 5:00 am - My daughter came home with a scratch on her face yesterday, blood drawn. A boy was playing rough at recess. She did not feel comfortable asking the parents on the playgr...