Tower Lakes Opinion
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State should meet obligation to schoolsApr 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Education funding in Illinois is outrageous and illegal. It may surprise you, but this quote is from the constitution of the state of Illinois, Article X, Section 1: "Th...
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Come together to make America betterApr 12, 2010 11:00 pm - What is happening to our country? All the things that are in the news are extremely alarming. A boy punches another boy in a fight. The mother of one sees the other boy...
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Districts lose sight of what's importantApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The Thursday, April 8, 2010 Daily Herald article on the contract extension of the Dist. 220 superintendent is yet another example of the injustice in our current school ...
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Concessions, pay freezes good movesApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Each week it seems another local school board details plans to make significant budget cuts and in many cases lay off teachers. With the state way behind in what it shou...
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Schools need nurses to care for childrenApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - There is proposed legislation in the Illinois Senate and House to address the needs of children in school with diabetes, SB 3822. Children with diabetes and their paren...
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Defeat Democrats and empty promisesApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - On Sunday, March 21, I spent the entire day listening to events going on in D.C. It was as expected. What happened? Well, Bean, Foster, and Schakowsky, the Democratic ro...
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Backroom deals don't bode wellApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Demon Pass (Deem and Pass) has forever entered into the lexicon of the average American due to the charade of the legislative process taking place in the House of repres...
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Let Melissa Bean join jobless ranksApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - It seems that the current Representative from the 8th District, Melissa Bean, doesn't care about the people of the district. She showed this yet again by voting "yes" fo...
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Who's really making health care threats?Apr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - It is interesting to note how the Democratic Party is making an issue of alleged threats and violence they claim are from Tea Parties or other conservative groups agains...
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The sleeping giant is starting to stirApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - It takes a lot to upset the general American public, but they are upset now. New polling from Rasmussen shows that the folks are very unhappy with the direction of our c...