Rolling Meadows Opinion
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An objective test for news biasMay 09, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald’s Opinion page editor, Jim Slusher, recently wrote a column defending his paper against readers’ accusations of media bias. Like others, I feel that his...
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Failing at what they should do bestMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - First we learn that the Secret Service hired prostitutes and next we hear they used strippers. It would seem the Secret Service can’t keep a secret. Don Klemp Rolling M...
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Politics creeping into comic stripMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Politics creeping into comic strip There has been a touch of politics in a few comic strips for years to a certain degree. Most notable is Doonesbury. But most stay...
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Penalties indicate mismanagementApr 23, 2012 5:00 am - Did anyone else see the front page of the Daily Herald on April 12th? If you did and you are a taxpayer, you should be fuming. Here is a big reason why we pay outlandish...
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City leaders blinded by federal dollarsApr 23, 2012 5:00 am - So little road, so much controversy! Residents attending a Meacham Road expansion “public information” meeting April 12 were angered as much by the fiscal irresponsibili...
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Spectrum closing was fiscally responsible actApr 23, 2012 5:00 am - The Schaumburg Township Board voted to discontinue counseling services to youth at risk via in-house staff and contract instead with the Kenneth Young Centers. We felt t...
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ID laws don’t deter minorities from votingApr 21, 2012 5:00 am - James Prescott’s ramblings about how the Republicans and the Tea Party are trying to disenfranchise the Democrat voting minorities overlooks the fact that 32 states requ...
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The SoapboxApr 21, 2012 5:00 am - Hey! What happened to that balmy, early spring weather we’ve come to love — and expect? Al fresco in Lombard: Lombard’s long-running challenge has been to revitalize its...
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Don’t put pension reform on my backApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - The recent comments by Gov. Quinn and Mayor Emanuel signal a renewed effort toward pension reform that would include shifting of a portion of pension costs for teachers ...
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Closing Spectrum a political, not business, decisionApr 16, 2012 5:00 am - A recent decision by Township Supervisor Mary Wroblewski and the board to close the Spectrum Teen Center by calling it a business decision confuses me. Some other recent...