Editorial: River District falls down

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Late Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 31, Bill Morrissey of Morrissey Law Offices called to tell us Kim
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September 1, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | 3 Comments

Guest Column: Mr. Mayor, do we share the same vision?

By Mark Baker Principal, Urban Equity Properties We have all heard the disparaging remarks about Rockford. They come from residents and outsiders
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September 1, 2010 | Also published in Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Re: Mike Abate’s letter answering Stan Campbell

By Tim Hughes Mike Abate’s letter of Aug. 19, answering Stan Campbell’s column of Aug. 4, in which Campbell blames America
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September 1, 2010 | Also published in Guest Column | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Labor’s Utopia

By Stanley Campbell I remember reading Looking Back by Edward Belamy in high school. It was a Catholic high school, and
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September 1, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Rod Blagojevich retrial not a waste of money

By James B. Burns As the trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich enters a new chapter, I am struck by
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September 1, 2010 | Also published in Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Rockford Public Schools: Are all parachutes real?

By Paula Coulahan I’m a little old to re-read “What Color is Your Parachute?” I made a major career change at
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August 25, 2010 | Also published in Guest Column | 3 Comments

Left Justified: Rule of mob or of law?

By Stanley Campbell A mob storms the jail, drags someone out to a tree and strings him up. Is that what
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August 25, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Washington’s disconnect with small business

By Karen Kerrigan Now, GDP data released at the end of July made clear that anyone hoping the recession is ending
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August 25, 2010 | Also published in Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Landfill odor update

By Paul Gorski Winnebago County Board member, District 5 For these many months I’ve been asking residents to report strong outdoor odors
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August 18, 2010 | Also published in Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: The River is Closed

By Tom Lindblade The Illinois Paddling Council With little fanfare on Sept. 27, 2005, the Illinois General Assembly gave the Department of
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August 18, 2010 | Also published in Guest Column | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Mighty Quinn signs H.B. 4927, expands video poker

By Stanley Campbell I’m going to vote for the Green Party candidate for governor. I decided after the Mighty Quinn signed
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August 18, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Ending auto-birthright citizenship

By E.J. Pagel Much has been speculated about the automatic citizenship of any child born within the jurisdiction of the USA.
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August 18, 2010 | Also published in Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary needs your help!

By Beth Randall How about a LOCAL project that can be built and operated with NO taxpayer/public funds, create new jobs,
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August 18, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Left Justified: On the Waterfront and other end-of-summer thoughts

By Stanley Campbell I’ll be hawking peace buttons again On the Waterfront. Rockford Peace & Justice has had a table since
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August 11, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Disclosure Act discourages citizen participation

By Jane Ryan Carrell The Congress came within inches of suppressing free speech before elections July 27. The Senate vote was
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August 11, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 2 Comments

Guest Column: What change?

By Gregory John Campbell Belief is a mechanism that enables men and women to convince themselves of anything, and often has
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August 11, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Jim Sacia supports mega-dairy over IEPA objectsions

By Bern Colleran What is it that impels State Rep. Jim Sacia to unrelentingly give disproportionate support to a citizen of
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August 11, 2010 | Also published in Guest Column | 18 Comments

Editorial: If Christiansen’s downtown plan pulls away from the station, will Morrissey be on board?

By Stuart R. Wahlin Staff Writer Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen (R) has a plan he thinks could raise $75 million
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August 4, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Left Justified: 65th anniversary of Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings

By Stanley Campbell Sixty-five years ago, our military blew away two Japanese cities, killing more than a quarter of a million
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August 4, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 4 Comments

Ramblings from Reggie: As people and as Americans, we need to choose the high road

By Reggie Roberson Columnist Taking the high road in life is a difficult and rewarding journey. It is difficult because it is
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August 4, 2010 | Also published in Ramblings from Reggie | 1 Comment

Left Justified: A great 25 years

By Stanley Campbell U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9) was the keynoter at Rockford Urban Ministries’ (RUM) 48th annual dinner Sunday, July
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July 28, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Environment Illinois: Illinois filled with solar potential

By Bruce Ratain Field Associate, Environment Illinois Tom Benson had a big problem. It was the winter of 2001, and as owner
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July 28, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Consider a pit bull when contemplating adoption

By Annette McLean When I first started volunteering at Winnebago County Animal Services, I was a little afraid of the pit
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July 28, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Sales tax holiday will be no holiday for taxpayers

By State Sen. Dave Syverson and State Sen. Brad Burzynski Recently, two leading bond rating agencies lowered Illinois’ financial credit rating,
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July 28, 2010 | Also published in Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Our democracy and our schools

By Wayne Spitzer At a recent neighborhood meeting, Rockford Public School District 205 Superintendent Dr. LaVonne Sheffield stated the purpose of
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July 28, 2010 | Also published in Commentary> Online Exclusives | 1 Comment

Environment Illinois: Time to plug the leak and lower energy costs

By Bruce Ratain Field Associate, Environment Illinois If you had a leaky roof that let rainwater in, I’m sure you’d fix it. But
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July 21, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Another slaughterhouse in the Rock River Watershed?

By Steven Hahn Business and Property Owner in the City of DeKalb Trim-Rite foods and J&A Investors are proposing to open a
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July 21, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Left Justified: A good congresswoman

By Stanley Campbell U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9) will speak at Rockford Urban Ministries’ (RUM) 48th annual dinner this Sunday, July
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July 14, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 1 Comment

Environment Illinois: Obama administration’s support of nuclear reactors will prove costly

By Bruce Ratain Field Associate, Environment Illinois Last month saw the consummation of an Obama administration policy boondoggle that will increase America’s
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July 14, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Gaza flotilla’s intent was to undermine Israel’s blockade

By Sherry Dreyfuss This column is in response to Stanley Campbell’s article on the Gaza flotilla (June 9-15 issue). Of course,
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July 14, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 3 Comments

Guest Column: So you think hog farms are OK? A personal story

By Barb Tetzlaff I am at a crossroads in my life. My troubles began after my husband and I bought a
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July 14, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Violent video games at library promote an education nightmare

By Tim Hughes There he was, a cute little guy, 10 or 11 years old, standing between the bookshelves at
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July 7, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 2 Comments

Left Justified: Running the blockade

By Stanley Campbell Cuba is gonna get our oil, though not delivered the way they like. BP’s oil spill should wash
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July 7, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 1 Comment

Environment Illinois: Asian carp spreading: Threaten to outmaneuver feds

From press release The discovery of spawning Asian carp in the Wabash River shows the crisis is advancing on multiple fronts
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July 7, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment

Guest Column: A visit to Blackwater

By Edmond Schott Blackwater has been an organization contracted by the United States to assist in the activities involved in the
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July 7, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Bar Wars? The saga continues–Thoughts from the condemned

Editor’s note: The following is in response to the June 23-29 article “Bar Wars—Establishments accused by peers of being counterproductive
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June 30, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment

Environment Illinois: Legislative wrap-up: Victories for Illinois’ environment

By Max Muller Program Director, Environment Illinois The Illinois general assembly’s budget-wranglers may still be trying to pass a solution to the
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June 30, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Spilling your guts

By Stanley Campbell I don’t know what to do about that oil spill. People keep harping like we should go down
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June 23, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Neighborhood friends–1960

By Philip Wilson Starting in the upper row: from left to right, is the boy wearing a sailor’s hat. His name
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June 23, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Countdown to clean-up = 47 days

By Frank Masterman Founder & Volunteer Staff Member Rock River Sweep.org This is our mission statement: “Rock River Sweep.org is a grass roots,
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June 16, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Summertime thoughts

By Stanley Campbell Chocolat by Daniel has a new variety called Summer Thyme. It took me a while…I like taking my
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June 16, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Nuclear investment means more jobs (now) and energy security (sooner)

By Bill Hite A proven solution for immediate job creation recently came from President Obama and his administration—investment in nuclear energy.
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June 16, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment

Editorial: Obama’s Bushed, boycott BP

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher June 8 was World Oceans Day. The Nature Conservancy (www.nature.org) brought it to my attention on
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June 9, 2010 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: 2030 plan faces second test, but does it matter now?

By Stuart R. Wahlin Staff Writer Less than three months after the $355,000-plus Winnebago County 2030 Land Resource Management Plan was failed
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June 9, 2010 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Peace activists delivering aid to Gaza attacked

By Stanley Campbell I was asked to help deliver aid to the Palestinians living in Gaza. I considered going, but the
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June 9, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 3 Comments

Guest Column: Campbell is misinformed on the military

By Steve Litteral Jr. Stanley Campbell may want to rethink his argument in his opinion piece titled, “Why do conservatives ignore
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June 9, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Editorial: I’d rather not write this

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Yes, the title of this editorial is correct. Really, I’d rather not write this column because
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June 2, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Star light, Star bright, how dim you are tonight

By Jane Hayes According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations after the repression of WWII,
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June 2, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Tired of Prime Time Blago

By John Russell Ghrist “Liars and cowards” is what former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is calling federal officials who have brought some
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June 2, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Switzerland’s mandated health insurance coverage not free health care

By Jim Phelps Stanley Campbell has more than a few facts wrong on health insurance in Switzerland. I lived in Germany
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June 2, 2010 | Also published in Commentary | 1 Comment


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