Guest Column: Crime and economic growth — chicken or the egg?

By Paul Gorski I’m writing in response to Michael Kleen’s recent “Keepin’ it Kleen” column “Crime smothers economic recovery” (May 16-22
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May 23, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Alignment Rockford’s wishful thinking vs. reality

By Tim Hughes Alignment Rockford appears determined to pry open the mother of all cans of worms with their high
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May 23, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Park District responds: Green roof project awarded fairly

By Stacie Talbert Chief Financial Officer, Rockford Park District Kyle Martinson Purchasing Manager, Rockford Park District and Tim Dimke Executive Director, Rockford Park District In regard
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May 23, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Save our state parks

By Stanley Campbell Here’s a blatant attempt at getting you to support a fee for you to pay as you
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May 23, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Keepin’ it Kleen: Crime smothers economic recovery

By Michael Kleen In a recent report on crime in Winnebago County, former Rockford Register Star Executive Editor Linda Grist
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May 16, 2012 | Also published in Commentary | 6 Comments

Left Justified: Rockford Urban Ministries is 50, part two

By Stanley Campbell As I said last week, Rockford Urban Ministries (for which I work) is celebrating 50 years of
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May 16, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Make connections through print advertising

By Paul Gorski I learn so much from local residents, and I recently had an education regarding the Barbara Olson Center
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May 16, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: County opens itself up to landfill lawsuit

By Paul Gorski Throughout the recent landfill expansion hearings, Winnebago County Board members were told not to speak of the issue
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May 9, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Left Justified: 50 years of Rockford Urban Ministries celebrated May 24

By Stanley Campbell In 1962, the United Methodists hired a prophet to run Rockford Urban Ministries (RUM). The Rev. Edsel
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May 9, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Nicholas Conservatory’s green roof contract: Does it pay to play?

By Mona Marcinkowski, Kathy Johnson and Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision residents In Winnebago County, everybody wants to be a part
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May 9, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Senate bill threatens county choices on wind

Editor’s note: Richard Boris, president/mayor of the Village of Lee, located south of Rochelle and DeKalb on the Lee/DeKalb county
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May 9, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Keepin’ It Kleen: Rockford’s fatal conceit

By Michael Kleen To many people, it seems natural to think an elite group of central planners can accomplish more
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May 2, 2012 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Board meeting sheds light on library situation

By Mike Korn April 23 brought perhaps the most anticipated public meeting of the Rockford Library Board in recent memory. Many
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May 2, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 3 Comments

Guest Column: Support Alignment Rockford proposal for schools

By Michael J. Williams Tuesday, April 17, my wife and I attended the presentation at Auburn High School regarding the
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May 2, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Rockford schools: WEE should check out the NEA

By Tim Hughes It’s my hope that Jane Hayes and her Watchdogs for Ethics in Education (Grrrrrrrr) will sniff out
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May 2, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Rockford schools: Slick or sticky business?

By Jane Hayes Slick! That’s what I call the presentation done by Alignment Rockford and Rockford Public School District 205 Tuesday,
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April 25, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 4 Comments

Guest Column: Reasons to oppose expansion of Winnebago Landfill

By James and Donna Wernberg As residents of southeast Winnebago County, we wish to be on record opposing the expansion
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April 25, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 4 Comments

Guest Column: Rockford Public Library addresses weeding, collection

By Emily Hartzog With regard to recent misinformation circulating about the Rockford Public Library’s (RPL) collection development and collection weeding
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April 25, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 5 Comments

Guest Column: Workers Memorial Day is April 28

By Ron Welte “Let Them Always Be Remembered” The Rockford United Labor organization, composed of AFL-CIO labor unions across the Winnebago-Boone
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April 25, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Illinois is among top taxed states in the nation

By U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. Dear Friends, The nonpartisan Tax Foundation defines Tax Freedom Day as the day: “When the
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April 25, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Winnebago Landfill rhetoric stinks — all for two-year capacity increase

By Mona Marcinkowski, Kathy Johnson and Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision residents The rhetoric spoken by our Winnebago County Board members
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April 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 3 Comments

Keepin’ it Kleen: Leadership we can believe in

By Michael Kleen What people most look for in a leader, whether he or she is in politics, sports or any
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April 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Buy local to spur economy

By Paul Gorski “Buy locally” to spur the local economy was great advice offered by contributor Michael Kleen in his April
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April 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Left Justified: Earth Day remembrance of Rod Myers

By Stanley Campbell I hate hospitals. Let me rephrase that. I dislike going into hospitals, even to visit sick friends. So,
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April 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Judicial Perspective: Illinois courts expanding use of electronic filings

By Hon. M. Carol Pope President, Illinois Judges Association and Illinois Appellate Court Judge, Fourth Appellate District Facing increasing caseloads and shrinking
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April 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Ted Biondo: Who does the ‘law’ apply to?

By Mona Marcinkowski, Kathy Johnson and Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision residents As Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “The concentrating of powers
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April 11, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 12 Comments

Guest Column: Yellow school bus may become an endangered species in Illinois

By Brent Clark, Ph. D. Executive Director of the Illinois Association of School Administrators Remember when we walked 3 miles to school
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April 11, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Fair housing protects battered women from homelessness

By Jennifer Gelman It was a classic case of blaming the victim: Tanica Lewis did all she could to protect herself
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April 11, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Left Justified: The stomach and your soul

By Stanley Campbell “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” or at least that’s what I was told.
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April 11, 2012 | Also published in Left Justified> Online Exclusives | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Rockford schools: Civic discourse vs. civil disobedience

By Jane Hayes Welcome to the Punch and Judy puppet show! The Education Committee of the Rockford Board of Education (BOE)
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April 4, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 3 Comments

Keepin’ it Kleen: Five simple ways to jumpstart the economy

Editor’s note: The Rock River Times welcomes Michael Kleen as a regular contributor. Kleen’s column, “Keepin’ it Kleen,” will
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April 4, 2012 | Also published in Commentary | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Growing your business: Print ads that drive sales

Editor’s note: The following is an unsolicited testimonial about the advantages of advertising in The Rock River Times (TRRT). While
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April 4, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Primary election stinks worse than Winnebago Landfill

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdvision resident The 2012 primary election with the ballot size error and the handling of the
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March 28, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Liberty Day recalls the beginning of our nation

By State Sen. Christine Johnson Recently, our country celebrated Liberty Day, a day established to engage and educate the American
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March 28, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Summer thoughts in springtime

By Stanley Campbell Steve Stadelman won!? How did that newcomer beat two well-known Democrat candidates for State Senate? I heard a
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March 28, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Parents: ‘Beware the Ides of Ombudsman’

By Jane Hayes The following letter was written on behalf of all teachers whose positions will be outsourced because of Ombudsman
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 8 Comments

Left Justified: Easter is early this year

By Stanley Campbell Besides the extremely wonderful warm weather (a friend suggests that if this is global warming, “Bring it on!”),
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Sunshine Week: Accountability requires openness

By David Porter The timing was apropos when Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued a binding opinion regarding the disclosure of
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Health care exemptions for religion too restrictive

By Zach Wichmann Headlines declared “free birth control for all” when the federal government recently issued an interim rule mandating
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Writing Medicare’s prescription

By Douglas E. Schoen The Republican primary in Florida brought discussions of health care, particularly Medicare, back to the forefront of
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: It’s all about time

By Robert D. Restuccia Why should a Rockford citizen have any interest in horology? Horology is the study of time-keeping
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Ombudsman rep responds: An open letter to the citizens of Rockford

Editor’s note: The following open letter was submitted on behalf of the author by Rockford Public School District 205 Executive
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March 14, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Action must match rhetoric to achieve education goals

By Brent Clark, Ph. D. Executive Director of the Illinois Association of School Administrators “Education is the key to economic empowerment. It’s
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March 14, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Ag-gag bill H.B. 5143 tabled

By Danielle Diamond and Karen Hudson Illinois Citizens for Clean Air & Water Newsletter Illinois legislators should be commended for tabling H.B.
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March 14, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Left Justified: Improving poor neighborhoods

By Stanley Campbell When somebody doesn’t like their neighbor, they can up and leave, not only because this is a free
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March 14, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Many oppose outsourcing at Roosevelt, Page Park schools

Editor’s note: The Rock River Times (TRRT) has received a number of e-mails opposing Rockford Public School District 205’s proposed
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March 7, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 4 Comments

Guest Column: Machesney voters should reject sales tax extension

By Michael Kleen March 20, voters in the Village of Machesney Park will have the option of renewing a 1 percent
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March 7, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 7 Comments

Guest Column: Deer management in county great for eco-tourism

By Chad Miller Our community leaders, and especially forest preserve officials, have been trying to utilize our preserves as tourism
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March 7, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Who is really running?

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision Resident In these election times, when big money has the ability to buy much of
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March 7, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Left Justified: Election time blues

By Stanley Campbell As the director of a nonprofit organization, I can’t make political endorsements of any candidates, which is too
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March 7, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)


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