Buffalo Grove Opinion
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Kirk on wrong side of gender pay issueAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Congressman Mark Kirk voted against pay equity for women yet again. I guess he isn't really the moderate Republican he pretends to be. Women continue to earn only 77 ce...
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The vote against gender pay equityAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week, a large group of 10th District men and women delivered a letter to Rep. Mark Kirk's district office expressing our dismay with his recent vote against pay equ...
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Let's blame Obama for everythingAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. McCain's charge that Barack Obama is responsible for the higher gas prices we are seeing was right on. But he failed to mention the other problems Obama is respons...
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Stop gender-based wage inequitiesAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338) won approval by the U.S. House of Representatives 247 - 178 on July 31. It is now pending in a Senate committee. The bill is inten...
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CN/EJ&E merger needs long viewAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Your article ("Fighting Over Trains," July 13) was some of the most balanced and insightful reporting I've seen on the long-simmering fight over the EJ&E. Looking at his...
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Another great BG fine arts festAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - On behalf of the Buffalo Grove Arts Commission, I would like to thank the community, the village, Amdur Productions and the wonderful artists who made the seventh annual...
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Another successful leukemia fundraiserAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Being somewhat busy at my "day job" while busy planning our fourth annual Jessica Shayne Magid Family Golf Tournament (see www.jsmfamilygolf.org), I became somewhat remi...
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Just what are odds of our leaving Iraq?Aug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Who is kidding who? Obama says he will bring our troops home. This will not happen if Bush makes a deal with Iraq to stay there indefinitely. So why haven't the papers...
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Why bother having a Constitution?Aug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - So why bother having a Constitution and Bill of Rights when we have an executive branch that ignores the judicial process and courts and a legislature that's too cowardl...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook and Lake countiesAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Out-of-the-box thinking It will be interesting to see how Palatine's unorthodox approach to dealing with stormwater pans out. The village has started a pilot program to ...