Itasca Opinion
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One ‘yes’ vote for districting WinfieldFeb 29, 2012 4:00 am - Winfield is a small village of about 10,000 residents. A quaint, happy community, one would think. However, Winfield is a study in contrasts and resulting conflicts. Sin...
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Public service over self-serviceFeb 29, 2012 4:00 am - In every political race it would be an advantage if one or more candidates made the selection process easier by being exemplary. Being exemplary would come with a record...
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Yes to Itasca home ruleFeb 29, 2012 4:00 am - Homeowners are right to feel suspicious when their village leaders ask to expand municipal power with home rule authority. It gives local governments all the powers not ...
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Should Romney be taxed again?Feb 28, 2012 5:00 am - Should Romney be taxed again? Mary, Mary, Mary ... I can’t believe you said that out loud, asking the federal government to impose yet more taxes. (Mary Warren Fenc...
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911 merger would hurt BloomingdaleFeb 28, 2012 5:00 am - As noted in the current Bloomingdale Almanac, our mayor and some of the board of trustees are considering merging Bloomingdale’s 911 call center with the Addison 911 cen...
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Candidate ready to make tough choicesFeb 28, 2012 5:00 am - Greg Brownfield is a legal-aid attorney from Bartlett seeking to represent us in the 23rd District of the Illinois State Senate. Greg believes that the heart and soul of...
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Santorum ignores the earth, our futureFeb 28, 2012 5:00 am - “The earth is not the objective,” Rick Santorum said on “Face the Nation” on CBS News. “Man is the objective, and I think that a lot of radical environmentalists have it...
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Our choices for DuPage forest board, GOPFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Republican voters in the March 20 primary will nominate DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioners in three contested races to advance to the November general election....
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Scariest time in history? C’mon, NewtFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - In the GOP debates, the candidates agreed that this is the scariest time in our history from a national security perspective. Really? Pearl Harbor, burning of the White ...
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Bravo, on fighting pension shiftFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - Kudos to state Sen. Kirk Dillard for fighting to block the Chicago Democrats from shoving the state’s pension funding problems onto homeowners. Dillard rightfully bristl...