Bolingbrook Opinion
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Endorsements: Murphy, Burns for DuPage forest preserve boardOct 16, 2014 1:01 am - Voters in two contested DuPage County Forest Preserve districts will be asked to choose between incumbent commissioners and their challengers during the Nov. 4 election....
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Tiresome phrase: 'Reaching out'Oct 16, 2014 12:01 am - I was happy to read Jim Slusher's column decrying the overuse of the word "experience" - driving experience, shopping experience, bathroom experience, etc. Now maybe Mr....
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Endorsement: Cronin an outstanding leader for DuPage CountyOct 15, 2014 1:01 am - DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin is seeking his second term to oversee the second-largest county in the state. He is being challenged by Bob Peickert, head of the...
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Endorsements: Fichtner, Curran, Eckhoff, Khouri, NowakOct 15, 2014 1:01 am - The DuPage County Board has done good work holding the line on property taxes, moving toward consolidation of redundant taxing bodies and working together to benefit con...
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Women vote crucial to forest preserveOct 15, 2014 12:01 am - I enjoyed the well-written article (front page Oct. 4) on women's suffrage in Illinois. The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County was created in 1915 because of the ...
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Endorsement: Bansal a great choice in Illinois House 84Oct 11, 2014 1:01 am - A year ago, we endorsed Krishna Bansal of Aurora in his campaign for the school board in Indian Prairie Unit District 204. There was an obvious reason for that, and it i...
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Endorsements: Foster for Congress, Dist. 11Oct 10, 2014 1:01 am - Ask Bill Foster how he's viewed among his Congressional colleagues and he says he's looked at as the "science guy." No matter the issue, he says, there's usually a techn...
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Editorial: Another squabble in which taxpayers loseOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - It's a story that's existed probably as long as the intertwined offices of local government themselves: The person or people who control the purse strings put another of...
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If you're rich, Rauner is your manSep 30, 2014 12:01 am - If you're rich, Rauner is your man Republican Bruce Rauner was recently interviewed by the Daily Herald editorial board regarding his positions on some very importa...
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Editorial: Time for COD trustees to see all spending, as other boards doSep 19, 2014 1:01 am - Whenever someone says, essentially, "That's the way we've always done it" when something is questioned, it's a red flag. That usually means it hasn't been looked at in a...