Barrington Hills Opinion
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Reward for consistency is irresponsibleAug 10, 2015 9:57 pm - The article on the $22,000 pay increase for the city manager of Des Plaines highlights the weakness of that city council to represent the interest of its citizens. One a...
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County can keep improving without harmful sales taxJul 14, 2015 1:00 am - We've had this debate before, and my opinion hasn't changed since our last go-round under Todd Stroger with raising the sales tax on the hardworking taxpayers of Cook Co...
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Editorial: Sales tax increase still a bad idea for Cook CountyJul 07, 2015 5:00 pm - If anyone has earned the credibility to justify revisiting a sales tax increase in Cook County, it's Toni Preckwinkle. In almost five years at the helm of the county boa...
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School boards must lead in pension controlJul 03, 2015 1:00 am - Is anybody listening? The Sunday, June 21, Daily Herald contained reports on school district spending on new and worthwhile programs, but there was no mention of schoo...
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Editorial: A model for teaching low-income students through sense of communityJun 24, 2015 10:23 am - The story of Sunny Hill Elementary School is really the story of a bold new model in education. The focus of Tuesday's installment in our Generations at Risk series, Sun...
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Editorial: More innovation from community colleges, NIUJun 15, 2015 5:22 pm - Community colleges may still have a way to go before establishing their own four-year degree programs, but five suburban community colleges took a step last week that es...
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Editorial: The Cook County sheriff's deputies' Super Bowl abuse of sick timeJun 10, 2015 5:25 pm - Few of us begrudge the extra costs - even the sometimes substantial extra costs - that accompany a professional sports championship. The planning. The ticker tape parade...
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Editorial: PADS, housing authority failed to trust public about homeless projectJun 09, 2015 10:45 am - It would be easy to dismiss the squabble over a plan to move a residential program for chronically homeless people with mental illness into an Ela Township neighborhood ...
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Editorial: New tools are available on government spending; use themJun 01, 2015 4:48 pm - Analyzing Kane County government spending became easier Monday with the launch of a new web portal that officials say provides "unprecedented access to Kane County's fin...
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Keep fighting pension sweetenerJun 01, 2015 10:44 am - Thank you for your editorial on the public pension sweetener; talk about "adding insult to injury." Just need to have more people realize how ridiculous and irresponsibl...