Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Recent Garden Club sale a big successMay 23, 2016 5:00 am - On behalf of the Rolling Meadows Garden Club I would like to thank the community members who came to shop on what was truly a very cold day Saturday, May 14th. The club ...
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Weapons stockpiles protect governmentMay 21, 2016 1:00 am - Did I miss the memo that the Chicago area is heading into a Zombie apocalypse? Or is it the attack of brain-dead politicians? The local police departments are stocking...
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Curious reasoning for business tax reliefMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - I the last few months, I have read articles on various companies that have received huge property tax reductions. Recently the Trump Towers and most recent the Rivers Ca...
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A smile and a wave brighten her dayMay 16, 2016 5:00 am - I would like to point out a crossing guard for Nathan Hale School who can cause a SMILE on anyone who passes by him. After this man safely gets our children across the ...
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We can't afford 10-year teachers contractMay 16, 2016 5:00 am - (To Scott Thompson, superintendent of Palatine Township Elementary District 15.) First, I must tell you that I have the utmost respect for teachers in District 15. They ...
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Let public know what is in contractMay 15, 2016 1:00 am - The recent School district 15 contract of 10 years in length is not only outrageous for the cost to taxpayers of already well-compensated teachers, and it leaves future ...
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Fight gun crime with more mental institutionsMay 14, 2016 1:00 am - A few weeks ago, in a Daily Herald article about Cook County's overcrowded prison, Sheriff Tom Dart estimated that three quarters of the inmates have a mental problem. N...
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Rolling Meadows seems to be slipping back to the 50sMay 09, 2016 5:00 am - The city of Rolling Meadows should take their heads out of the sand! This is not the 1950s. It is outrageous to not let one of our current churches move to a larger faci...
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Raises too lavish in new District 15 contractMay 09, 2016 5:00 am - You recently printed a column on the 10-year teachers' contract for District 15 Palatine, which itemized the progressive raises over the life of the contract. One that r...
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At least the trash pickup is still goodMay 09, 2016 5:00 am - It appears to me that the city of Rolling Meadows needs to be cleaned up politically and administratively, in light of some recent and not so recent decisions. Most rece...