Warrenville Opinion
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Look at big picture in teacher pensionsJun 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Statements in the May 30 Fence Post letter by Al Palash cannot be left unanswered. How can anyone be statistically reliable when "below average" pension amounts are mere...
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Why so many taxing bodies?Jun 05, 2010 11:00 pm - As I write my check for this first semiannual tax payment, I see that there are 26 taxing bodies, of which 12 are for pension funds. Of these, 10 have more than doubled ...
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Here's why we love NavistarJun 05, 2010 11:00 pm - OK, the truth is Navistar is a great company. Just a month ago I participated in the Walk For Babies fundraiser, and Navistar was the largest corporate sponsor. The oth...
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BP never cared about environmentJun 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Millions spent on research on how to drill deep in the ocean. Fifteen cents spent on what to do when things go wrong. BP never cared about the environment, and it's all...
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Winfield mailer was hardly 'anonymous'Jun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - On June 1, the Daily Herald ran a Fence Post letter from Rock Rocket: "Why an anonymous mailing in Winfield?" The fact is, it wasn't anonymous, and how anyone could mak...
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Average teacher pension is $40,000Jun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - This letter is in response to Al Palash, who questioned my use of the average teacher pension of $40,000 in the state of Illinois as "distorting the facts" in my origina...
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BP waiting for government to actJun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - President Obama was once extolling green energy and alternate sources of energy instead of oil. He then did a quick reversal and announced that we will start drilling of...
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Call out Alexi on Kirk attack adsJun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - In the contest for U.S. Senate, Alexi Giannoulias has repeatedly misrepresented Mark Kirk's positions in order to distract voters from his own record. Giannoulias says ...
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Government is not working for usJun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Charles Robin III, a fifth generation shrimper on the Louisiana coast, was recently quoted in Time magazine, "Katrina dug a hole for us. We're laying in this grave, tryi...
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No excuse for delays to reopen preservesJun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - The DuPage County Forest Preserve has closed Mallard Lake Forest Preserve for the past year in order to make improvements and allegedly to allow the use of heavy equipme...