Endorsements
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A summary of our endorsements in Cook County racesMar 25, 2013 5:00 am - Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements in Cook County municipal and school board races and local referendums. Municipal races Arlington Heights village pres...
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Endorsement: Yes on revamped Millburn Dist. 24 tax proposalMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - In November 2011, voters in Millburn Elementary District 24 soundly defeated a tax referendum to generate about $2 million to replace lost state funding. Since then, sta...
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Endorsement: Yes for increase in Itasca Dist. 10Mar 24, 2013 5:00 am - In the past few years, Itasca Elementary District 10 has received less state funding. The district has absorbed hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses for busing, ...
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Endorsement: Yes to Lake Park pool questionsMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Lake Park High School District 108 is asking to borrow $8 million to build a swimming pool and to increase property taxes for its operation. The construction increase wo...
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Endorsements: Lyman, Marshall, Yaeger for Long Grove boardMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Three of the four candidates running for Long Grove village board generally share a vision for the town’s future that squares with the directions the current board has p...
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Endorsement: Yes on tax for Round Lake Park police pensionsMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - For too long, Round Lake Park has let its police pensions fund languish, while the brutal economy continues to hamper what meager opportunities it has to keep the fund h...
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Endorsement: Yes to appointing, not electing, Mundelein village clerkMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - In recent years, Mundelein has seen its village clerk position play a diminishing role, and voters now have the choice of giving the clerk’s office nonelected status. By...
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Endorsement: Yes on electrical aggregationMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Numerous suburbs have set a ballot resolution April 9 asking their residents for permission to negotiate with companies other than ComEd to supply electricity. We encour...
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Endorsement: Yes to replace center for special needs studentsMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 seeks to replace the Jefferson Early Childhood Center to house its special needs preschool. In the existing 1958 building, children...
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Endorsements: DiOrio, Dresser, Grosso, Wilson for Geneva Unit Dist. 304 boardMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - The school system in Geneva Unit District 304 has its challenges. What school system doesn’t have them these days? But it’s generally well run. Academic achievement is s...