Palatine Opinion
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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...
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Access, affordability are not the same thingMar 20, 2017 1:00 am - I find it truly disgusting that lawmakers, who are provided with taxpayer-supported health care at no cost, are working to dismantle a program that helps middle- and low...
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Endorsements: Mundt, Stack for Harper College boardMar 15, 2017 1:00 am - The race for two available six-year terms on the William Rainey Harper College Board of Trustees features two knowledgeable and engaged incumbents and one newcomer. The ...
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Bathroom issue is about discriminationMar 13, 2017 1:00 am - Every summer, my husband and I love walking up to both the 4th of July Hometown Festival, and again in August for the Palatine Streetfest. We enjoy a brat or corn on the...
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Trump makes it hard to 'get over it'Mar 11, 2017 12:00 am - I have frequently heard from the voices of Trump supporters that we liberals should "get over it" because now he is and it's time to come together and drop the hatred. W...
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Keep politics out of educationMar 11, 2017 12:00 am - I am appalled that local politicians are trying to take over our local schools. Partisan politics have no place in local school board elections. We have had a long hist...
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Endorsement: Let District 15 begin again with a fresh non-slateMar 05, 2017 12:00 am - We find ourselves torn by the choices on the April 4 ballot for the Palatine Township Elementary District 15 board of education. The district politics has just survived ...