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Personal views on public salaries and school funding ethics
Claudé A. Walker reflects on the Forest Park School District financial statement and Illinois law requiring disclosure of employee salaries. He recounts legislative efforts to categorize salaries, praises larger type for readability, and warns about rising taxes from public versus parochial schooling. He also notes parishioner shifts toward public schools and cites Lou Calcagno’s Jeep snow plow incident as a local aside.
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Claudé A. Walker
Forest Park
Winfield M. Sherman
Louie Calcagno
Calcagno Brothers
Lou
Melrose Park