Endorsements
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Other newspapers’ presidential endorsementsOct 28, 2012 4:00 am - Chicago Tribune Four years ago, when we endorsed Obama’s run for the White House, we said he would act with decisiveness and intellectual rigor. Ironically he has s...
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Endorsement: ‘No” to illusion of pension reformOct 26, 2012 9:29 am - The urgency of pension reform in Illinois cannot be overstated. At the state level alone, pension payments already are estimated to consume 20 percent of government spen...
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Endorsements: Taxes for roads, police seems only choice in WinfieldOct 26, 2012 9:24 am - When Winfield voters go to the polls Nov. 6, they’ll be questioned on four issues: 1. To double the village’s tax rate. 2. To ban video gambling in local establishments....
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Endorsement: Yes to appoint Island Lake clerkOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Island Lake voters will decide whether the village clerk should continue to be an elected office or will become an appointed post similar to the police chief or other to...
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Endorsement: Yes on appointment of Bloomingdale clerkOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Bloomingdale residents will be asked whether their village clerk should be appointed rather than elected, beginning next April. State law allows village boards to make t...
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Yes to privatize trash pickup in Rolling MeadowsOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Rolling Meadows residents love their garbage pickup. The old couch goes away without extra fees or phone calls, and the crews act extra responsibly. For years residents ...
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Endorsement: Shapiro over Brown for Cook court clerkOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - In the race for clerk of the Cook County circuit court, there is much to like about the administration of incumbent Dorothy Brown, a Democrat from Chicago. She has overs...
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Endorsement: Yes on electrical aggregationOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - After floating successful referendums in the spring, many suburbs have already begun saving their residents money on their utility rates through electrical aggregation. ...
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Endorsement: Yes on Arlington Heights parks proposalOct 19, 2012 5:00 am - We thought Arlington Heights residents shouldn’t pass up the opportunity last spring to leverage low borrowing and construction costs to make needed renovation work at s...
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Endorsement: Yes to East Dundee fire stationOct 19, 2012 5:00 am - The East Dundee Fire Protection District, which serves the village and extends east into Hoffman Estates and South Barrington, is asking voters for $5.5 million to build...