Buffalo Grove Opinion
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Learn the facts on teacher pensionsAug 18, 2011 5:00 am - In a recent Daily Herald story, “Ex-school administrators get big pension boosts,” you quote Christina Tobin, vice president of the United Taxpayers of America, as descr...
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Time for tollway users to speak upAug 18, 2011 5:00 am - Today, suburban commuters get a chance to be heard. We hope they take advantage of it. The Illinois Toll Highway Authority begins a public hearing process on its 15-year...
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Reporters’ biases push liberal causesAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - For 33 years I earned a living for my family and myself employed as a public school classroom teacher. Though it has been more than 17 years since I stood in front of a ...
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‘Rich’ are the ones who provide the jobsAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - We all agree that our national debt is around $15 trillion. We can also agree that President Obama exceeded this year’s budget by $1.5 trillion. In 10 years we will have...
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Obama spends too much on his needsAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - Now that President Obama is acknowledging his concern over our level of debt and is blaming everyone but himself, I am wishing there was a financial genius out there som...
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Route 53 extension vital for growthAug 18, 2011 4:00 am - It’s no surprise that our region ranks among the worst in the nation for traffic congestion, because we experience it every day. If you travel in Lake County, you also k...
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It isn’t the party; it’s the personAug 17, 2011 5:00 am - What a statement — “Vote against all incumbents all of the time.” What happens to those incumbents who are working hard for their constituents’ benefit, especially if th...
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Burt needs a history lessonAug 17, 2011 5:00 am - Senator????? Lincoln. Mr. Constable must have studied at the Bachman-Palin Historical Institute. Bill Moylan Elgin ...
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Can’t create money out of thin airAug 17, 2011 5:00 am - Our economy is a mess. We are in debt up to our neck. Some claim that to save the economy we should go even deeper into debt — like the drunk who says he will quit drink...
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Shortsighted to cut federal workforceAug 16, 2011 5:02 am - As a federal employee, I am writing to ask that everybody oppose S. 1476, the “Federal Workforce Reduction and Reform Act of 2011.” The bill, introduced by Republican Se...