Palatine Opinion
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Let's have moment of silence at 11 a.m.Nov 11, 2017 12:00 am - Today is Veterans Day. Many of us enjoyed an extra holiday day on Friday and spent it on a trip or shopping. Few of us will remember to honor our veterans. Veterans Day ...
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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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Hats off to Villanova boys cross-country!Nov 06, 2017 5:00 am - The St. Colette Tigers congratulate our friends at St. Thomas of Villanova School on their impressive win at the Boys Cross-Country State Championships. We join you in c...
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Whole community losesNov 03, 2017 1:00 am - I now understand the 10-year teacher contract in Palatine Elementary School District 15. What reasonable person wants to go through this nonsense every three years? If t...
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Raising the legal ageNov 01, 2017 1:00 am - A mayor of a Northwest suburb recently said that he wanted to outlaw tobacco sales. I am not going to research the subject, but I am going to guess that tobacco has be...
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Remember rights of the accused in courtOct 28, 2017 1:00 am - This letter is in response to your editorial "How would camera disrupt courtroom decorum?" in which you criticized DuPage County Judge Brian Telander for rejecting a med...
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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...
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A defiant Tom PettyOct 18, 2017 1:00 am - Years ago, a DJ out of Chicago summed up the song "I Won't Back Down" with a remark, "A defiant Tom Petty." The phrasing and sense of his words seemed certainly perfect ...
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A defiant Tom PettyOct 18, 2017 1:00 am - Years ago, a DJ out of Chicago summed up the song "I Won't Back Down" with a remark, "A defiant Tom Petty." The phrasing and sense of his words seemed certainly perfect ...