Plainfield Opinion
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A start, but only that, on opennessJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - No one expected that a new law requiring more openness in government would by itself suddenly spur officials to get religion about what the "public" in public documents ...
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Administrators need to share the burdenJun 26, 2010 11:00 pm - The headline in the June 22 Daily Herald should have read "Dist. 204 board freezes some salaries." At a time when the teachers of District 204 took a freeze on salaries ...
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Saturday Soapbox: A roof with styleMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - A "green" roof is a nice touch on the new Lake County permit facility in Libertyville. This summer, instead of a view of sizzling black tar, workers and visitors in an a...
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They're hiding key records from youApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - A strong majority of Illinois senators, including many from our suburbs, sent Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn a bill Thursday that would make it much more difficult for taxpay...
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Students giving lessons in democracyMar 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Sixth-grader Ryan Patterson, high school sophomore Spencer Armstrong and college junior Stacey Stolz all may be good students in school but they also realize that commun...
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Music lessons go beyond band roomsMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - I started playing flute in fifth grade at Kendall Elementary School. I moved on to play at Crone Middle School and Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville. In my eight y...
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Parents, students still need warningsMar 07, 2010 10:00 pm - In most cases in this space we editorialize on a topic and move on. We urge the passage of a bill in Springfield or seek answers from a political candidate, for example....
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Signs of life: Stories this week about new developers signing on to take over defunct housing developments at key locations in the center of Arlington Heights and Hanov...
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Saturday SoapboxFeb 19, 2010 10:00 pm - He's golden: Less-than-gracious Evgeni Plushenko dissed Evan Lysacek's gold-medal performance when he said, "Now it's not men's figure skating, now it's dancing."...
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When the state becomes a deadbeatFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - If it were a typical debtor, the state of Illinois would no doubt be trying to change its phone number right now - if it could even afford the phone. Service agencies, l...