Campton Hills Opinion
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Shooting in Tucson no great surpriseJan 18, 2011 8:00 am - Concerning the shooting rampage in Arizona: Everyone from the president to Sarah Palin are expressing shock and surprise at this terrible act, which shocks and surprises...
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Tax hike based on fuzzy mathJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - We’ve been told Springfields’s tax hike is temporary. We’ve also been told Springfield will not be cutting spending but this new “cap” allows for annual increases in spe...
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Immigration laws and Native AmericansJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - Immigration — legal and illegal — are in the news almost daily and appear to refer to immigrants from southern countries, mostly Spanish speaking. Much of the concerns a...
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Tax share plan borne of desperationJan 18, 2011 12:00 am - Businesses are migratory in nature. They go where people will feed them. Decades ago, retailers in a once-vibrant downtown Elgin moved up river to West Dundee to enjoy m...
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People kill people, Mayor DaleyJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - OK, Mayor Daley, you tell the folks in Arizona and the surviving families to get rid of their guns. Let Jared Loughner go free. He didn't kill these six people. Arrest t...
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Quinn out of touch with electorateJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Perhaps we should give the new “recall” law a test in Illinois. Gov. Quinn breaks his promise on the new state income tax hike rate. Time to remove governor. That won't ...
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Can't let threats go unchallengedJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - It's time for the political rhetoric talking about guns and politicians to stop. I don't care what side of the political spectrum you fall on: if we keep going down this...
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Good Shepherd a special placeJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - I just wanted to write about Good Shepherd Lutheran School in Elgin having to close at the end of this year. The preschool will remain a source for our community, but du...
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Sportsplex job numbers sketchyJan 14, 2011 10:00 pm - Are we to believe the developers of McHenry County Sportsplex that over 300 permanent full-time jobs will be created with this project? Wow, they must have some magic ca...
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A case for term limits in D.C.Jan 14, 2011 10:00 pm - The United States after World War II made a marvelous recovery and was in an uphill climb for many years. At the top of that hill all the people in the country were enjo...