Editorials
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Wayne tax increase request should wait for better timesJan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Voters in Wayne will decide Feb. 2 whether the village can raise its portion of their property tax bill. Under the proposal, the owner of a $400,000 house, who pays roug...
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We recommend a 'Yes' vote in Mount ProspectJan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Mount Prospect voters are likely to be baffled by a referendum question they will encounter on their ballots relating to how village elections are conducted. The questi...
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It's the wrong time to raise taxes for Hampshire parksJan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - The Hampshire Park District has two referendums on the Feb. 2 ballot: one to issue $4.9 million in bonds, and one to increase the limiting tax rate by 5 cents per $100 e...
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Vote 'yes' on Wheeling 911 questionJan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - The tax increase being sought by Wheeling to help pay for its 911 service is without ambiguity. The money - an additional 70 cents per month for every land line - goes d...
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Stop chipping away at reforms that have passedJan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - There is a price attached to the public's right to information in Illinois. We found that out this month when state lawmakers and Gov. Patrick Quinn quickly passed a ch...
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Vote 'no' on Sugar Grove Library tax hikeJan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Sugar Grove Library District voters will be asked, for the 12th time, for more money to run the library - a new library the voters paid extra for through a separate refe...
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For GOP in 8th Congress: BeveridgeJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - There is no shortage of capable candidates running for the Republican nomination for Congress in the 8th District, a seat now held by Democrat Melissa Bean, and we're im...
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Vote 'no' on Bensenville Fire Dist. 1 tax hikeJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Voters in unincorporated areas between Bensenville and Elmhurst will be asked to raise taxes roughly $110 a year on a $250,000 house to maintain fire protection services...
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Say 'no' to Carol Stream parksJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Carol Stream Park District is promising something that sounds like one of those late-night too-good-to-be-true deals: You can have $37 million in park improvements, a ne...
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For DuPage County Forest Preserve District 4, Democratic: KirchenbergJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - For DuPage County Forest Preserve District 4, Democratic: Kirchenberg A pair of relative newcomers to the political scene - Eric Bergman and Donald Kirchenberg - are see...