Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Why rush into contract for D15 interim supt.?Dec 17, 2010 10:00 pm - One has to wonder what the big rush was to give Scott Thompson, formerly interim superintendent of District 15, a multiyear contract. Thompson had six months left on his...
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D214 taxpayers need candidates on their sideDec 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Last night I attended the District 214 public hearing on their 4.7 percent increase in the proposed 2010 real estate tax levy. The more I learn about the process the mor...
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If Obama's not a socialist, who is?Dec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Phil Williams in his Dec. 5 Fence Post letter is laboring under the common delusion that socialists and Nazis are different. “. . . the far left is communism and sociali...
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It's been a big news year in suburbsDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - The suburbs have witnessed a plethora of native sons and daughters do extraordinary things this year, as the Daily Herald's Kristen Menke outlined Friday. In fact, in t...
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Blame schools for your tax increasesDec 08, 2010 12:00 am - If you want a good candidate to blame for the excessive tax increases in townships of Schaumburg, Elk Grove and Barrington, look no further than Palatine-Schaumburg High...
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Tax cut backers can't have it both waysDec 02, 2010 10:00 pm - How do those people who want “all” the Bush tax cuts to continue expect to pay for the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and also aid returning the veterans who will nee...
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Our freedom comes at a great costDec 01, 2010 10:00 pm - As I stood on the curb, American flag in hand, saluting, crying as the motorcade for Lance Cpl. James Bray Stack passed me, I was reminded that freedom is not free. This...
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Not all are swayed by retail come-onsNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Dear area mall managers (and you know who you are): For the holiday season you and your staff do not need “shoppers,” you need buyers, and in this current economy, I wis...
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Finally a politician who gets pension messNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - What a refreshing article, “New Leader Forgoes Pension.” I had to check the calendar and make sure I was living in 2010 Illinois, where the history of corruption, greed ...
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Palatine's Morrison: Won't add to state's budget problemsNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - As the newly elected state representative in District 54, I filed paperwork today that officially removes my family and me from participation in the Illinois General Ass...