Opinion Stories from June 10, 2013 (Change date)
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Government should come cleanJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - Day by day, the eruption of scandals locally and in Washington is getting worse. Today’s news topics include freedom of the press and search and seizure, historical revi...
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Tax dollars for Obama fundraising?Jun 10, 2013 5:00 am - With the scandals of “Fast and Furious,” Benghazi, the IRS and The Associated Press, why as taxpayers are we all paying for President Obama to fly around the country wit...
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No union meetings during school yearJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - I just read Jake Griffin’s article on June 5 regarding teachers attending union conferences and residents footing the bill. Teacher unions are a fact of life here in Ill...
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Two versions of ChristianityJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - Well, once again the Boy Scouts have stuck their foot in it. In trying to please all, they have only pleased none but themselves. Allowing gay boys and not gay Scout lea...
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Support for letters on grid, gunsJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - Kudos to Chris Curtis, CEO of Schneider Electric, and John Estey, executive chairman of S7C Electric, for their brief but, I believe, effective article on the Smart Grid...
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Barrington choir rocked CarnegieJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - This is an open letter to Director Nancie Tobison, Assistant Director Bonnie Spurling and the Barrington High School Choir members. This is a belated note before school ...
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BSA ‘compromise’ is offensiveJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - I was a member of the Boy Scouts of America from 1940 to 1944. The question of sexual orientation was a nonissue. Not ever did it occur to me that the Scout promise to b...
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What’s taking so long for Rt. 53 extension?Jun 10, 2013 5:00 am - My wife and I in June completed a 1,700-mile round trip to southern Georgia paying from $3.15 to $3.25 a gallon for gasoline, except in Indiana where higher prices still...
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Pension system must be fair to taxpayersJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - Really? A retired teacher, Beverly Lopatka, will receive nearly $400,000 in 2013? And the state of Illinois has no money, is unable to pay its bills, is in tremendous de...
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Give residents more access to D211 poolsJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - As reported in the Daily Herald on June 1, the District 211 board’s decision to spend up to $15 million to renovate its five pools was great news for its high school swi...
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