Wadsworth Opinion
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Endorsement: Yes for Woodland District 50 tax increaseMar 23, 2015 1:00 am - "I got by without it." That's a frequent argument against tax increase proposals like the one in Woodland Elementary District 50, where voters will decide April 7 whethe...
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Endorsements: Howland, Griffin, Anderson for CLC boardMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - For a brief time in early 2014, it looked as though some loose controls on travel spending by board members could overshadow the many very good things going on at the Co...
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Endorsements: Kotsinis, Roegner, Scott, Weir for Gurnee Dist. 56Mar 11, 2015 1:00 am - Gurnee School District 56 has seen many recent successes. The district initiated an iPad program for all prekindergarten through eighth-grade students. The opening of Pr...
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Endorsements: Munda, Conway, Drake in Warren District 121Mar 09, 2015 12:00 am - Two years ago, the Warren Township High School District 121 race did not attract enough candidates on the ballot to fill the four open seats, and a write-in candidate wa...
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The SoapboxMar 07, 2015 1:00 am - So sad. So young. We, too, grieve for loss of Ally Bradford and Seth Egger, the Aurora Central Catholic High School students killed when their SUV collided with a s...
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Editorial: Facts don't support gambling expansionJan 22, 2015 4:01 am - While Pat Quinn was governor, he twice vetoed plans to license more casinos and add slot machines at horse-racing tracks. Now, with Gov. Bruce Rauner installed in Spring...
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The SoapboxDec 20, 2014 4:00 am - Lessons learned? Gasoline prices are at their lowest levels in many years. Great news, of course, but when prices were over $4 a gallon, Americans kept aware of th...
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Editorial: School board disruption shows consequences of indifference to local electionsDec 12, 2014 4:01 am - That Liz Biondi is unsuited to serving on a school board should have been evident even before she made her ridiculous comments regarding, among all the many qualificatio...
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Editorial: The need for openness on housing projectsDec 08, 2014 10:00 pm - You might be tempted to think local governments communicate with each other better than they do with the rest of us, but that's not always the case. Officials in Ela Tow...
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Editorial: Right to start early on campus smoking banNov 24, 2014 10:00 pm - Watching young people light up a cigarette and take a long drag makes us wonder how they can ignore the dangers of smoking. The message is certainly clear, from the warn...