Wheeling Opinion
-
Endorsement: Kaegi for Cook County assessorOct 17, 2018 1:00 am - Oak Park asset manager Fritz Kaegi won the Democratic Party nomination last spring in an intense three-way race where exposure of how the office's operation shifted the ...
-
Wheeling recall effort is disservice to villageOct 15, 2018 5:00 am - I was shocked and dismayed to read in the Daily Herald that Wheeling residents are seeking to recall the mayor. This comes just when we have put the distressing headline...
-
Dist. 21 proposition will make schools saferOct 13, 2018 1:00 am - It is without question that we live in a time of unprecedented violence in our communities, including our schools. Rarely does a significant period of time go by without...
-
Urges Arlington Heights board to re-examine minimum wageOct 03, 2018 1:00 am - Reclaim Northwest Suburbs asked the Arlington Heights Village Board in September to reopen discussion on the Cook County Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave ordinances and ...
-
Editorial: The case for township road districts' demiseOct 02, 2018 11:00 pm - A Wheeling Township experiment recently caught our eye. The township eliminated the elected position of highway commissioner and in the first year dropped its tax collec...
-
Time for Palatine to revisit raising the minimum wageSep 13, 2018 5:00 am - On May 8, 2017, Palatine Mayor Jim Schwantz and the Village Council unanimously opted out of the Cook County ordinances increasing the minimum wage and instituting paid ...
-
Collection for troops went well beyond expectationsMay 31, 2018 5:00 am - Recently our group, Help USA Troops, organized a collection and packing drive to send care packages to deployed troops. Our Northwest suburban community of helpers inclu...
-
Just follow the rulesFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - The United States has a defense budget of over $700 billion. Defense of this nation is the primary job of our elected government. What good is spending that much in taxp...
-
Go slow on legal potDec 22, 2017 12:00 am - Kudos to Dr. Aaron Weiner on his recent article regarding the legalization of marijuana. We should listen to the professionals versus the politicians who only see it as ...
-
Socialism and democracyDec 18, 2017 12:00 am - This is in response to the letter from Rod Sink of Elgin in the December Daily Herald, in which he gives examples of "failed socialism," naming a number of dictatorships...