Look at parties of high-paid officials

On Aug. 24, the Daily Herald published an in-depth article on the front page by Jake Griffin on the obscenely high salaries of local township supervisors. The highest salary listed was William Peterson of Vernon Township with a whopping annual salary of $106,000. The next four township supervisors ranged from $86,864 to $76,442.

Nowhere in the article was any mention made of the political party that these five individuals belonged to. Not a single mention of their party seemed strange, so I checked online and was amazed to find out that all five were members of the Republican Party. One leader was a Democrat but switched parties, I guess to get elected.

Seems to me in the interest of “to tell the truth” there should have been a mention that all five of these people were Republicans. If the Republican party is so interested in cutting government, they might want to start right here in the suburbs.

Jack Halpin

Arlington Heights