Sleepy Hollow Opinion
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The SoapboxJan 21, 2012 4:00 am - Really, Rosemary? Des Plaines Republican state Rep. Rosemary Mulligan finds herself waging a write-in bid against two others to try to keep the seat she’s held since 19...
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15 yards for kicking Pack when they’re downJan 20, 2012 4:00 am - Your discrimination seems to be showing. Back when the Packers were undefeated, there was next to nothing mentioned in your paper. Maybe a little blurb ... very seldom a...
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Think twice before banning boxesJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Collection boxes for the poor have been around for decades. Man-sized receptacles for old shoes and coats and books mostly, a place to drop off what you no longer need a...
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I have nothing left to cutJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - We were taught to budget — that you can’t spend more than you have. Many of us have lived by that rule, to save and invest for our golden years, only to find that what b...
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What is modest about state pensions?Jan 18, 2012 4:00 am - Mike Fanella wrote a letter calling Illinois’ proposed pension reform plan “brash” and that public employees were being “victimized” and “steamrolled” by media and polit...
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Keep an eye out for motorcyclesJan 18, 2012 4:00 am - I know it’s not expected this time year but motorcyclists will jump at the chance to take advantage of good riding weather anytime of the year. I was one of them recentl...
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Son with Down’s fills us with joyJan 18, 2012 4:00 am - Dear Cal Thomas; I have no idea if you will get this letter, but I wanted to comment. Your description of the life of your brother could have been a description of the l...
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Dems responsible for state of stateJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - Moody’s downgraded the state’s credit rating once again. Decades of mismanagement by the Democratic Party continue to bury the state in debt. Taxes were raised by 67 per...
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Tell ‘em to spend less or find job elsewhereJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - The more we talk about serious trends, the more we must find a way to cope with these accurately described sets of conditions that keep coming at us without anything of ...
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Promises, promises, toll authorityJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - Recently, the Daily Herald has run a couple of articles in which Marni Pyke has interviewed Kristi Lafleur, executive director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authori...