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Article: Oberweis alone in his stand on corporal punishment School construction, education dollars also divide GOP candidates.(Series:)(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- February 5, 2006
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Byline: John Patterson Daily Herald State Government Editor
First in a weekly series on the candidates' positions on issues in the March 21 primary race for governor.
SPRINGFIELD - Paddling students and other forms of corporal punishment were outlawed in Illinois in 1994, but Republican Jim Oberweis would consider bringing them back if elected governor.
Oberweis, a Sugar Grove dairy mogul, was the only major candidate for governor of either political party to support corporal punishment in schools in responding to a Daily Herald questionnaire. He indicated he would support it if parents and the school principal agree on the specific methods and ...