Here's your chance to whine and win
Got a whopper of a pothole story to tell?
Share it with me and you could win a free fish dinner, thanks to the Dundee VFW Post 2298 fish fry folks.
Your pothole tale can be real or fiction. Either way, consider this your chance to whine and win. And how often do we get to do that?!
Feel free to embellish your story -- but, please, use only real potholes.
We, our tires and our shocks don't want to send our already overworked road crews on a wild goose chase.
And we want to get those road caverns fixed before they really do swallow our cars.
So how bad are those potholes?
I hit one the other day so big they posted "No swimming" signs nearby. I'm pretty sure it was large enough to be a habitat for perch. Fishermen were lined up along the edge.
Top my fishy pothole story and get a shot at winning a fish fry dinner for two.
Mark your entry "Pothole" and send it to amack@dailyherald.com or call and leave a message at (847) 931-5725. Please be sure to include your name, town and phone number.
No scam Sam
File your tax returns yet? A Huntley reader and the IRS alike want to make sure you don't fall for the e-mails promising you have a refund coming. Uncle Sam doesn't do e-mail. Don't fall for it.
Hot tix
You have until Friday to buy your tickets for the Spring Fling auction to help the Neubert Elementary School library. The Neubert PTO's fundraiser will feature dinner, dancing and an auction starting at 7 p.m. April 19 at the Golf Club of Illinois in Algonquin. You'll be able to bid on an autographed Hannah Montana guitar, trips, sports tickets and lots more. Get your tickets at Neubert or by calling Tracy DeVita at (847) 658-3475 or by e-mailing her at tjdevita@comcast.net.
Such a deal!
Hey, ladies of Dundee-Crown High School: Are you needing a dress for prom? A wedding? Or just a special night out? How'd you like your pick of more than 250 dresses, all for less than $20? Most of them are new. Check out the Dundee-Crown Prom Store from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the school. All sizes, all styles. Not much money! Check it out.
My two cents
You've undoubtedly heard by now of Carpentersville Trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski's unfortunate comments to her black neighbors. She referred to their children climbing a tree as monkeys.
She since has been ousted as a Barack Obama delegate.
She is adamant she did not mean it as a racial slam, but the resulting outcry has the makings of another racial divide this country, and especially this region, does not need.
May I make a suggestion?
Apologize, Linda. Quickly.
Clearly there are some other issues between you and your neighbors, but I doubt, given your own heritage and public stance on diversity issues, that it's based on color or race. At least I sure hope it's not.
Still, it's clear you said something that caused distress.
We all sometimes make mistakes. And sometimes we aren't as sensitive to others as we need to be.
When that happens, we need to set it right.
Even if the trustee did not intend a racial slur, her neighbors took it as one. In fact, a lot of us take it as one.
Apologize. Vow to behave differently. And then make sure you do.
We're a forgiving nation -- and we've got pretty good BS meters for monkey business of any sort.
Fix this before it further rips apart a town that has way too much trouble already.