Editorials
When it comes to paying bills, the state plays by different rules than the rest of us do. If the Illinois comptroller's office doesn't have the cash, it doesn't pay, and there are relatively few repercussions.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
It's not easy to accept this truth: Heroin has become part of everyday news in the suburbs.
Full Story published 2/8/2010 12:04 AM
Letters to the Editor
This is in response to the recent articles in the Elgin newspaper in which a cat had been abandoned on someone's porch and then they were told to take it to the Elgin police station, where a police officer then just dumped it out in front of the station in freezing weather, which didn't really surprise me.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
President Obama gave a precise speech noting that jobs is his first concern. Our community banks need to begin to lend to the builders and small businesses to spur growth if we are to see any change.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
Those of us that supported President Obama will not forgive him for failure to deliver on his promise of health care reform. He needs to demonstrate the fortitude and leadership that is required in this highly partisan era of politics.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
I am amazed at the political situation in America today. Don't people remember the Bush/Cheney administration and their two wars and a $3 trillion deficit?
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
Let's see, Democrats controlled Congress for the last two years of the Bush Administration. Congress.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
At the State of the Union address, President Obama was highly critical of the recent Supreme Court decision of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Why?
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
Without going into the merits/demerits of red light cameras, I would like to make a request of the municipalities, police departments, city councils etc. who have implemented them or are going to implement them, within their jurisdiction.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
In response to the Jan. 26 letter from Rev. Stephen H. Swanson on health care, Reverend, I hope you're not suggesting that we condemn our fellow citizens to months of pain while waiting in line to even see a doctor or condemning ourselves to living in pain with a cancer because the medicine is too expensive.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
I am not a Democrat or Republican. I pride myself on choosing the best people, not the "party" people when supporting someone's ideas. I am supporting our president as an American.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
If President Obama is serious about keeping his campaign promise of change, he needs to give up his fantasy of bipartisanship.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
Why are we worried about trees?" inquired a Wheaton resident in a letter published Jan. 30, in which he wondered what was all the fuss about ComEd's ruthless eradication of trees along its right-of-way, which happens to include the beautiful Illinois Prairie Path.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
A few months ago an emergency room doctor in Mississippi sent a letter to President Obama on the topic of health care.
Full Story published 2/9/2010 12:01 AM
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