Palatine Opinion
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District 15 incumbents made bad decisionsMar 30, 2017 5:00 am - After reviewing all the editorials supporting the existing board candidates Ms. Babcock, Mr. Chapman and Mr. Ekeberg, I find it very disturbing they still have community...
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Palatine pastor: District 211 issue comes down to truthMar 30, 2017 5:00 am - The Daily Herald endorsement of the District 211 incumbent candidates because of their support for the decision to place male and female students together in locker room...
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Why so much aid to Planned Parenthood?Mar 26, 2017 1:00 am - Connie Schultz's column in Daily Herald on March 3 tries to whip up support for the beleaguered Planned Parenthood, which has been under investigation for the last 18 mo...
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The real questions for school candidatesMar 23, 2017 1:00 am - It is difficult in our current political climate to stay issue oriented. In such an effort, I posed the question to an incumbent District 15 board member. What are the ...
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Courageous essayMar 21, 2017 1:00 am - Thank you for publishing the article "We just want to feel protected" by Charlie Zielinski, a transgender youth who graduated from East Leyden High School in 2016. You p...
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Voting for Babcock, Ekeberg and ChapmanMar 20, 2017 5:00 am - I am voting for incumbents Peggy Babcock, James Ekeberg and Gerald Chapman in the upcoming election on April 4 for the District 15 board of education. They have experien...
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Wants experience on District 211 boardMar 20, 2017 5:00 am - On March 2, the six candidates running for District 211's board of education spoke for more than two hours on a range of critical issues related to school management, sc...
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District 15 community school plan is still good ideaMar 20, 2017 5:00 am - I commend District 15's Board of Education for their community school proposal. There is a high concentration of poverty in the Northeast corner of Palatine, and at leas...
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Dist. 211 incumbents stand up for all kidsMar 20, 2017 5:00 am - One slate of candidates in District 211 insists that the "comfort" and right to privacy of all "normal" children (i.e., ones who conform to traditional gender roles) sho...
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Parents for Privacy candidates have one issue onlyMar 20, 2017 5:00 am - A letter by Terri Paulson recently published contained this line: "Salvatore failed to mention the one and only thing Parents for Privacy does ... to advocate for the re...