Posts tagged "politics"
Wrestling with teacher unions
Unions are reasonably good at protecting workers whose jobs involve the daily risk of having molten steel dropped on them or getting arm chewed off in a machine. However, the value of a union for government workers, especially professionals like teachers, is a little harder to define. This year’s strike-season seems to have passed without... Read more »
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August 29, 2010 at 7:56 pm
August 29, 2010 at 7:56 pm
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Don't count on property tax relief
The consolation prize some of us might have expected from the collapse of the real estate market was lower property tax payments. About a quarter of DuPage mortgage borrowers are now sitting in a house worth less than its debt. In Naperville, for example, median sales price is off about 20% from the 2006 peak. ... Read more »
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August 27, 2010 at 4:28 pm
August 27, 2010 at 4:28 pm
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