Carpentersville Opinion
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Fence Post writer has me all wrongNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Let a writer dare suggest that the mainstream media is no longer liberal, but in fact has a conservative bent, and angry rebuttals are sure to follow. That is the case w...
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We're Gen Y and we're here to helpNov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - To my fellow Gen Y-ers: We are living in a technological worId, and I am a 23-year-old technological girl. We are the Voice, er, the Keyboard of the Future. I believe my...
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Dzialo lauded for preparing playersNov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - My wife and I wanted to write on how disappointed we were with District 300 for removing Coach Jim Dzialo from the Jacobs High School soccer program. However, we have de...
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Don't add to flawed impressions of ElginNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Two steps forward, one back. I first noticed Elgin when I drove through 20 years ago headed somewhere else. Having grown up in one of the post-World War II suburbs that ...
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Not so fast on water bottlesNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Before West Dundee puts taxpayer money into a program to buy residents reusable plastic water bottles, which many voters may already own, there's still time to talk to I...
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Money tight? Let's go to Disney WorldNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - One in 10 Americans is out of work. Twenty-five percent more people are bankrupt compared to last year. Foreclosures rose 18 percent in the last three months in the Chic...
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Taxpayers can't afford Dist. 220 raisesNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - It was interesting - and disheartening - to see Wednesday's (11/4/09) above-the-fold story on foreclosures just above its story on Barrington District 220's 3.9% (to sta...
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Dist. 220 pay increases irresponsibleNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - District 220 school board President Brian Battle has shown the taxpayers in District 220 how absolutely out of touch and irresponsible the school board is by approving n...
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Want to go 'green'? Support PaceNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - I'm writing regarding Pace bus routes 616, 637, 690, 696 and 699. On Monday's (October 19th) meeting at Pace headquarters it was told how the R.T.A. was taking all funds...
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Teacher pay hike in Dist. 220 is madnessNov 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Stop the madness! I nearly fell off my chair this morning reading the news about the lucrative new contract for the District 220 teachers. The last contract gave the tea...