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Thanks to inflation, Naperville School District 203 may decide to skip the collection of an additional $82 a year, on average, in property taxes that voters recently agreed to pay for facilities improvements.

I saw this graphic on the front page of our sister publication, The Herald News, on Wednesday, and thought it illustrated well how voters rejected all but one of the tax-increase referendums in Will County on Tuesday.

Okay, it's time for the post-mortem. The results are in and who's happy, sad or mad? Dist. 203 got its referendum passed. To say that it was a hot topic in this forum in the weeks and months running up to the vote is a bit of an understatement. So, how do you feel now? Sure, property taxes will be going up. The question is, are those higher property taxes worth it, especially given the fact that as many have pointed out, the District had a ton of cash on hand already? Well, the voters answered that one. And what about the other races? Are you satisfied with their outcomes? Were the right candidates chosen? Did enough people vote? Did anyone get any kind of a mandate? These are all questions that The Sun would like to get your views on. So, let the conversation begin.

Today's Sun editorial encourages Naperville School District 203 residents to vote for the tax-increase referendum. Here is my dissenting opinion about why they shouldn't.

Think of it as an entrance poll not an exit poll as Feb. 5th draws closer. As a means of broadening the community participation in the upcoming District 203 referendum The Sun today introduces a very simple poll. No need to comment on this blog....unless you just can't resist. The question is very simple - a lot simpler than all the back and forth that's been taking place between a few interested parties as of late. So let's widen the community participation and see where everybody stands before they go into the polling booth. The question, as I said, is very simple: Will you vote for the Dist. 203 referendum? The answers are simply Yes and No. Happy voting.

The talk of the town in late 2007 was an ambitious plan to rethink land uses for more than 200 acres smack dab in the middle of One of the Most Desirable Places to Live on Earth. It was bounced around like a political hot potato between Naperville School District 203, the Park District and City Council before being unceremoniously dropped. What happened?

An attorney for Neuqua Valley High School sophomore Alexander Nuxoll says the Alliance Defense Fund will appeal a judge's ruling that Indian Prairie School District 204 officials were correct in banning a student from wearing a T-shirt that says, "Be Happy, Not Gay."

What do you think of the controversy?

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From the active discussion on the last post about Naperville School District 203's upcoming bond issue referendum, it became clear that a lot of people have different reasons about how they'll vote on the February tax-increase question. What's your's?

It's official: Voters in Naperville School District 203 will find a referendum on ballots Feb. 5 asking that the typical homeowner pay an additional $82 per year for 20 years to fund various improvements -- mainly to Naperville Central High School, Mill Street Elementary and a new early childhood center. Will you vote for it?