Palatine Opinion
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Endorsements: DiLeonardi, Tennes, Meccia for OCC boardMar 13, 2013 5:00 am - Oakton Community College finds itself on the cutting edge of the health care debate. Hours that adjunct professors now work may need to be cut to preserve their part-tim...
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Why not use the gyms already here?Mar 12, 2013 5:00 am - I am all for wonderful parks and nice recreational facilities in our town. However, I question the need for every park to have a gym. We have grade schools, middle schoo...
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Wheaton Drama director on the best show you've never heard of - "Full Circle"Mar 09, 2013 10:00 pm - Wheaton Drama, Inc. is presenting "Full Circle" as its fourth show of the 2012-2013 season. Director Sean Ogren explains what drew him to the show and why audiences shou...
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Get state out of marriage businessMar 09, 2013 4:00 am - A recent Fence Post had a letter from Paul Murray proposing that marriage is a religious act and state-sponsored marriages should be abolished. Where Mr. Murray goes dow...
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College of DuPage bucking the trendMar 09, 2013 3:40 am - During their 2012-2013 planning process, College of DuPage administrators set a goal to grow the college’s 2012-2013 full-time equivalent enrollment by 1 percent. Despit...
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Endorsements: Scharringhausen, Klimkowicz, Yung in Dist. 211Mar 05, 2013 5:00 am - Numbers tell the story in Palatine-Schaumburg Township High School District 211: An 8 percent budget increase this year, to $272.6 million. A 3 percent increase in the t...
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The SoapboxMar 02, 2013 4:00 am - 100 percent will do: When did it become de rigueur for sports figures to suggest they give their game 110 percent? Or wait until their joints are 110 percent healthy? Pe...
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Unions, government both at faultFeb 28, 2013 4:00 am - I was dismayed by Richard Piagari’s perspective (Fence Post, Feb. 6). Good teachers are certainly one of our greatest assets, and the jobs they do directly impact how we...
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Editorial: An eye on the future of suburban housingFeb 27, 2013 9:17 am - Where are you going to live when you retire? Where are your kids going to live when they get out of college with a boatload of debt on their backs? For that matter, wher...
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Cook County’s use tax is entirely bogusFeb 27, 2013 4:00 am - Has anyone else in Cook County been slapped with the Non-Retailer Use Tax? In August 2012, I purchased a 1994 Yamaha motorcycle from a private party. I went to the Secre...