South Barrington Opinion
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Illinois Lottery people, listen upApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - To all players of the Lottery: I would buy many more tickets if the machine which sold the tickets would flash "winner" or "loser" as the ticket comes out. If ticket was...
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You made petition drive successfulApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - As part of the Bonds on the Ballot group of citizen-moms, we would like to take our hat off to each and everyone of the circulators - all 168 of you. Without your determ...
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Dist. 15 parents willing to sacrifice, is board?Apr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - (Read to the District 15 school board on April 14): It is obvious the fiscal health of our district is seriously ill. It is this board's responsibility to resuscitate ou...
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Let Dist. 15 board do what it was elected to doApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - This letter is an appeal to the constituents of District 15 to support the board decision reached at the March 10 meeting to authorize a bond issue. I have lived and wor...
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Democracy just beginning in Dist. 15Apr 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The disconsolate tone was unmistakable in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 Superintendent Dan Lukich's comment following a successful petition drive to force a r...
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Districts lose sight of what's importantApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The Thursday, April 8, 2010 Daily Herald article on the contract extension of the Dist. 220 superintendent is yet another example of the injustice in our current school ...
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Concessions, pay freezes good movesApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Each week it seems another local school board details plans to make significant budget cuts and in many cases lay off teachers. With the state way behind in what it shou...
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Saturday Soapbox: Listen on Molly, EvanApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - 'Work hard, follow your dream': No one can bring that message home better than people like local Olympians Evan Lysacek and Molly Schaus and, more recently, Glenb...
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Public should vote on Dist. 15 planApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - It must first be acknowledged that proposals like that of Palatine Township Elementary District 15 to borrow $27 million - 37 percent of it for working cash - are what w...
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Pope's message is more of the sameApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - In the wake of Pope Benedict's pastoral letter responding to the clerical sexual abuse in Ireland, it is embarrassing to be Catholic these days. Reports on the global sc...