Marengo Opinion
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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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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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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 No, and neither was Newton, whose theories were superseded by Einstein’s. To Newton, spac...
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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...
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Extending tax deal pushes Sears awayOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - Community Unit District 300, one of the largest school districts in Illinois by area, covers 118 square miles and reaches into 15 municipalities in Kane, McHenry, Cook a...
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Extend ‘el’ all the way to HuntleyOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - In response to the proposed tollway increases, I would like to know: If the increases are to rebuild the tollway, why are we repaving the tollway now; why not wait until...
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Time for Sears to pay fair shareOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - I’m deeply disappointed in the attempts by legislators to extend the Sears economic development agreement and the lack of transparency in how the tax breaks have been us...
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Nothing wrong with feeding baby formulaOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - In reference to the Sept. 26 article. “Do hospital freebies undermine breast-feeding?,” it would be a shame if hospitals got rid of these free samples of formula. Not ev...
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Sears tax break a detriment to D300Oct 06, 2011 5:00 am - As an employee of Community Unit District 300, I believe that giving Sears this tax break along with the allowing the Village of Hoffman Estates to profit at the expense...