Editorials
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Yes to Medinah Elementary District 11Oct 26, 2010 12:00 am - On Nov. 2, voters in Medinah Elementary District 11 will be asked to do something they haven't done in years: Give the district permission to raise property taxes. The d...
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Bargain justifies Bartlett requestOct 26, 2010 12:00 am - The Bartlett Park District has hamstrung voters by collecting three referendum proposals for Nov. 2 into an all-or-nothing package, one of whose elements is too good to ...
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No on Wauconda tax increaseOct 26, 2010 12:00 am - Though it's phrased as a vote on annexing to the Wauconda Fire Protection District, the ballot question for Wauconda residents really is a tax increase. And it's not a t...
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Yes for Prospect Heights roadsOct 26, 2010 12:00 am - Prospect Heights officials want permission to sell $15 million in bonds to rebuild badly deteriorated streets. The city's government is revenue-starved, so the streets a...
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Three times too many for Wheeling 911Oct 26, 2010 12:00 am - For the third time, Wheeling is asking residents to approve an increase in the fee on phone lines to pay for 911 service, from 75 cents to $1.45 a month. The increase is...
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Yes in Gurnee District 56Oct 26, 2010 12:00 am - Federal emergency officials call Gurnee Grade School one of the most flood-prone structures in Illinois hardly a distinction any parent would want for a school. At tim...
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Your tax dollars in lobbyists' handsOct 25, 2010 11:00 pm - The idea of publicly funded agencies spending tax dollars to hire lobbyists to try to get more tax dollars is a circular way of doing government business that seems desi...
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Yes for Villa Park roadsOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - Villa Park wants residents to approve a 0.5 percentage-point increase in its sales tax Nov. 2 to upgrade village roads and make the community more attractive for redevel...
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No on District 15 bond issueOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - Voters should reject Palatine Township Elementary District 15’s request for approval of a $27 million bond issue for capital projects and creation of a working cash fund...
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Badly timed Sleepy Hollow increase does littleOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Grappling with budget deficits that have forced difficult and sometimes unpopular choices, Sleepy Hollow leaders have whittled what was once a projected $230,000 budget ...