Editorial: Ron Paul speaks out, wants to repeal part of Defense Authorization Act

By Richard S. Gubbe Contributing Writer Republican presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has decided to not let sleeping dogs lie
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February 1, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 4 Comments

Editorial: Forest Preserve District ignores questions about clear-cutting

• Rationalizing a tree massacre By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher In light of the controversy over the clear-cutting in various Winnebago County
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January 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 7 Comments

Editorial: Obama signs dangerous defense bill, despite reservations

By Richard S. Gubbe Contributing Writer While most of America was reveling in the dethroning of 2011, President Barack Obama was signing
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January 4, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 2 Comments

Editorial: Do we still have rights? Not sure

By Richard S. Gubbe Contributing Writer The National Defense Spending Bill, with versions that passed in both the House and Senate recently,
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December 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 3 Comments

Editorial: Down wind

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Several readers have asked why I haven’t been writing on a weekly basis lately. Actually, I have
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November 9, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 6 Comments

Editorial: Big apathy, labor, wind blows away quality of life

• Sinnissippi Audubon Society’s Conservationist of the Year Award and Atwood Award returned in protest By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher In sad
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September 14, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 2 Comments

Speak your mind on industrial wind complexes in northern Illinois

By Frank Schier Editor and Publisher Learn about the other side of wind at: • www.windfallthemovie.com (Note: Windfall is a powerful documentary that
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July 6, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Windfall—wake-up film on wind

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Winnebago and Boone counties must fight against industrializing our rural areas with gigantic wind turbines in
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June 15, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 4 Comments

Editorial: Greenies, 2030 Plan fail first test

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher No matter how I hope green things seem to be changing, the more I realize they
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May 25, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 1 Comment

Editorial: To bully or be rational?

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Note: This paper has a bias in favor of YouthBuild. We donate $7,280 in ads to
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May 18, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 2 Comments

Guest Editorial: Public notice law doesn’t need ‘modernizing’

Editor’s note: The following guest editorial is reprinted from The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill., with permission granted through the
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March 2, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: ‘CAPITALIZE’—Give ‘Buy Local’ a good ‘kick off’

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher It’s time to for the “kick off” of the Super Bowl of economics—the “Buy Local” movement.
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January 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 1 Comment

Editorial: The responsibility of credible reporting and the public trust

By Joe McGehee Staff Writer and Frank Schier Editor & Publisher WNTA’s posting of what has now become widely known as the “Dr. Hardy
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November 24, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | 4 Comments

Editorial: Public must take stand in battle for unflattering letter

Elected school board stands by as District 205 uses taxpayer money to snub its nose at the law • Unflattering letter
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November 3, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | 8 Comments

Editorial: State of the River District still uncertain

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher After the emergency meeting of the River District Membership last Thursday, Sept. 9, at the Brew
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September 15, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

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 | 5 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)

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)

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)

Editorial: New logo and U.S. path for Rock River Trail

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher The April 16 conference on creating the Rock River Trail was the first time in history
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May 12, 2010 | Also published in Editorials> Rock River Trail | 1 Comment

Editorial: Green shame on the carpenters union?

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Let me make my bias clear here. This paper supports YouthBuild, and its Executive Director Kerry
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April 7, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | 1 Comment

Editorial: Real zoning or ‘Green Tuxedos and Ball Gowns’?

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Editor’s note: this editorial is an expansion and loose reconstruction on mostly extemporaneous remarks made during
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March 31, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | 1 Comment

Editorial: County Board fails land-use test

By Stuart R. Wahlin Staff Writer During the three-year process of developing Winnebago County’s new 2030 Land Resource Management Plan, adopted last
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March 31, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Deer-in-the-headlights of a chance

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Editor’s note: The following remarks were made during the public comment period at the March 11
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March 17, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Remembering Seth G. Atwood

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher The other day, I had lunch with Rockford Park District Historian and former Executive Director Webbs
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March 3, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | 2 Comments

Editorial: A vision, a challenge, a proposal…The Rock River Trail: hike it, bike it, kayak it, canoe it!

By Frank Schier Editor and Publisher Ready for a hike, a little bike riding? How about some boating the old-fashion style with
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February 24, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Primary Election endorsements

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Will elections ever not be corrrupt? With their recent 5-4 ruling that corporations can contribute to
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January 27, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Library, city leadership deserve blame for layoffs

By Stuart R. Wahlin Staff Writer Rockford Public Library officials proclaimed as a success the purchase and renovation of the system’s
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January 13, 2010 | Also published in Editorials | 1 Comment

Editorial: Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here!

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher The new year: 2010. How surreal the date seems, having traveled a decade into the 2000s.
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December 30, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Where are the River District Holiday lights?

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher As several folks have pointed out to The Rock River Times, the city seems to have
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December 9, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: ‘Your drinking water is contaminated,’ City Hall whispered

By Stuart R. Wahlin Staff Writer “There’s going to be some irate citizens when they find out they’re paying for water they’re
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December 2, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | 2 Comments

Editorial: The District 205 credibility gap

By Brandon Reid Assistant Editor Either Rockford Public School District 205 administrators are completely clueless about what’s going on in the schools,
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November 25, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | 7 Comments

Editorial: Pricing fear from the bottom up

Failure to practice critical thinking and telling the truth institutionalizes a culture of fear By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Teachers: safely going
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November 25, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Obama casualty of his own wars?

America has a $1.4 Trillion Deficit, with a projected deficit Of $1.75 trillion! How much more will new troops, continued
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November 18, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | 1 Comment

Editorial: Obama’s wars, 1984 and $$$

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Obviously, it’s not the first time, but I’m getting disillusioned by a person I supported and
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November 11, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | 1 Comment

Editorial: Can the county board undo its mistakes?

By Stuart R. Wahlin Staff Writer Who could possibly be against wind power in Winnebago County? When people choose not to play
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November 4, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: ‘…a single knight…’

By Frank Schier Editor and Publisher Editor’s note: Free speech is banned about zoning issues in the public comment period before the
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October 28, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Greenwashing

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Ever heard of the term “greenwashing”? It’s very similar to “whitewashing,” aimed to slap across your
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October 21, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | 1 Comment

October’s hallowed wind(farms)?

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher As the days of the hallow coldly or warmly sweep toward us, will we choose “Trick
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October 14, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Chairman Clear-cut?

By Frank Schier Editor and Publisher What a mess! That is what is being made by the proposed wind ordinance to the
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October 7, 2009 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Taxpayers lost in collective bargaining shuffle

By Stuart R. Wahlin Staff Writer Facing a $4 million budget deficit by the end of this year, and an estimated $7.6
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October 6, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Can we choose the wind?

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Here’s a question that was posed to me the other day:  “Wind farms are the industrial
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September 23, 2009 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 1 Comment

Truth a casualty when the Fourth Estate dabbles in city business?

• Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey (I) enlists ensemble cast to guide budget process By Stuart R. Wahlin Staff Writer “[Edmund] Burke said that
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September 9, 2009 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Environmental turbulence

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher The wash of windfarms may be blowing renewable energy into western Winnebago County, past the Meridian
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August 26, 2009 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Back to school

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher I’m still learning. Last week, I wrote and e-mailed all in our environmental community my editorial “Your
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August 19, 2009 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Your turn

I’ve heard about the challenges of the 2030 Plan, “Hey, don’t worry, Frank Schier will do it!” Don’t count on
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August 12, 2009 | Also published in Editorials | Comments (0)

A letter from the editor

Editor’s note: The following letter was given to Rockford Ald. Doug Mark (R-3), Rockford Mayor Lawrence J. Morrissey (I) and
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August 5, 2009 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)




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