Lakewood Opinion
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Why weren’t the assessors there?Jun 26, 2011 9:45 am - There was a meeting June 18 at Sun City’s Drendal Hall to review the tax discrepancy between Rutland and Grafton townships. The hall was filled to capacity, approximatel...
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Our property tax system has run amokJun 22, 2011 6:16 pm - I was at the Sun City-Huntley meeting on July 18 listening to all of the trauma about how high Kane County taxes were. All I know is I live in Sun City in Grafton Townsh...
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The SoapboxMay 20, 2011 6:36 pm - Encouraging news: It’s easy to get jaded in this business — and lose hope for the next generation. But this week, as we write about Lexi Youngberg, the St. Charles teen ...
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Health-care perk proves townships need scrutinyApr 10, 2011 10:02 pm - Daily Herald Editorial Board Just last week we opined, in the wake of the low voter turnout for local elections, that Illinois just has too many units of government. Tha...
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Sportsplex over fire protection?Jan 26, 2011 11:00 am - The recent announcement by the village of Lakewood that they are planning to outsource fire protection for residents to save money has me wondering about their prioritie...
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Sportsplex job numbers sketchyJan 15, 2011 5:50 pm - Are we to believe the developers of McHenry County Sportsplex that over 300 permanent full-time jobs will be created with this project? Wow, they must have some magic ca...
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‘Power of one’ must end in SpringfieldJan 14, 2011 11:43 am - We live in a democracy and as such Illinoisans deserve to have a voice in their state government. Unfortunately, today we are subject to a “power of one” form of governm...
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Franks seeks transparencyDec 03, 2010 2:23 pm - State Representative Jack Franks is continuing to demonstrate why he was the right man to send to Springfield and his efforts to improve our government are still right o...
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Tryon helping to end pay-to-playOct 27, 2010 3:25 pm - We are very lucky in Huntley to have Mike Tryon as our state representative. Despite the Democratic majority in both the House and Senate, Republican Mike Tryon has been...
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What do townships have in common?Oct 24, 2010 11:42 am - In an Oct. 15 article, “Husband of township official arrested on battery charge,” it seems like the usual squabble gone bad among grass-roots politicians. Distasteful at...