Palatine Opinion
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Get law breakers' attentionMay 05, 2016 1:00 am - There are no fewer drivers operating cellphones while driving since the 'law' was enacted prohibiting it. Obviously, the message is a bit clouded. How about six-month li...
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Questionable Cook fuel tax hike needs studyApr 30, 2016 1:00 am - A 66 percent tax increase to Cook County's special use gasoline and fuel tax has been proposed by Commissioner Richard Boykin. This proposed tax increase has been earma...
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What are real costs in education funding?Apr 28, 2016 1:00 am - In his guest column last week, Ralph Martire cites the "nonpartisan" Education Funding Advisory Board's recommendation level for K-12 funding in Illinois, but fails to m...
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Dist. 15 board needs lesson in balanceApr 25, 2016 5:00 am - (An open letter to Palatine Township Elementary District 15 school board President Peggy Babcock.) As a member of the community, I say shame on you. A 10-year contract i...
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Editorial: Why District 15 must release its teachers contract - nowApr 23, 2016 2:00 pm - Here's a question for board members and administrators at Palatine Township Elementary District 15: If the details of the district's TEN-YEAR contract with teachers are ...
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Taxpayers should protest District 15 dealApr 21, 2016 1:00 am - This morning my wife and I read about the new negotiated 10-year contract for the District 15 teachers. Accordingly, we sent the following letter to Gov. Rauner's office...
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Editorial: District 15 has much to prove on troubling 10-year teacher contractApr 17, 2016 11:00 pm - The next time the Palatine Elementary District 15 school board and its teachers will negotiate a new contract will be sometime around 2026, thanks to a new pact approved...
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Financial crimes must be punishedApr 17, 2016 1:00 am - The headline in the Herald's April 12 edition reads "Goldman Sachs pays $5 billion to settle allegations of shoddy mortgages." The content of the article reveals that "n...
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LaRoche situation is hardly 'real world'Apr 10, 2016 1:00 am - I could only laugh when I read in Kerry Lester's column of April 4 the comments of the representative of Christian Liberty Academy in regard to the more-than-silly Adam ...
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Ex-budget chief asking the wrong questionsApr 07, 2016 1:00 am - Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's budget director, David Vaught, tries in his April 4 op-ed to convince us his boss was a great success and Gov. Rauner is screwing up the...