Palatine Opinion
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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...
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Robbers protected by political correctnessApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - Thank you for the article regarding the robbery of the Marathon gas station in Lake County. It just once again highlights the moral decay and apathy of our society. When...
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Thanks for making Spruce Village in Palatine a realityApr 04, 2016 5:00 am - Thank you! On March 7 the Palatine village council voted unanimously to approve our proposal for Spruce Village, a 44-unit permanent supportive housing apartment buildin...
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Lawmakers must quit feigning impotenceMar 31, 2016 1:00 am - State representatives risk it all for what? State representatives and senators need to understand they are elected by voters not by party leaders who provide them campai...
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Shame on paper for bombing pictureMar 29, 2016 1:00 am - In regard to the front-page-above-the-fold photo on March 23: SHAME. Talk about adding insult to injury! That poor woman is not sporting some cute swimsuit top in that ...