Bolingbrook Opinion
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Editorial: Naperville’s failure of transparencyNov 13, 2012 4:00 am - When will government leaders understand that transparency is your best defense? Lack of it builds mistrust. That’s what Naperville City Manager Doug Krieger should be re...
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No letters from Obama supporters?Nov 13, 2012 3:35 am - No letters from Obama supporters? So ... judging by the letters you chose to post on Saturday in the Fence Post segment about the national elections, one of two thi...
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Keeping faith across generations, continentsNov 12, 2012 10:02 am - For anyone familiar with John McCrae’s famous poem, it is difficult to pass by Naperville’s “Healing Field of Honor” or see pictures of its 2,012 American flags snapping...
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The SoapboxNov 10, 2012 4:00 am - A decent decision: Can’t say we’re ever pleased to hear of a community embracing video gambling, but if it has to happen, a town could do worse than to dedicate all its ...
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Bow hunting cruel population controlNov 06, 2012 4:40 am - It is very distressing that the Kane County Forest Preserve District has decided to allow the cruel bow hunting of deer in order to attempt to control their population i...
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Questions must be asked in Dist. 204Nov 06, 2012 3:12 am - Questions must be asked in Dist. 204 Indian Prairie School District 204 seems to have plenty of money to print and mail multicolor propaganda pieces to our homes bu...
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Only so much our schools can doNov 06, 2012 3:12 am - Only so much our schools can do For the past week, several newspapers have been reporting on good schools in the area not meeting the “No Child Left Behind” standar...
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Endorsements: A list of our choices for Nov. 6Nov 05, 2012 10:00 am - Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements for contested seats and referendums of local interest on the Nov. 6 ballot. For the full endorsement editorial in a given ...
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Don’t vent over money legally spentNov 04, 2012 4:16 am - Don’t vent over money legally spent Mark Bodett’s Fence Post letter has Margaret Thatcher saying that “the problem of socialism (people spending other people’s mone...
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'Nicest letter' a welcome break from the vitriolNov 03, 2012 11:00 pm - In a memo to our editorial board, my “subject” line read, “Nicest letter ever.” I followed up that high praise with, “at least for someone disagreeing with our president...