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April 9 Election Endorsements

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher As the cliche goes, the local “Silly Season” is upon us; and as election day
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April 3, 2013 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 4 Comments

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Editor’s note: I have to admit more than my usual bias (if any journalist says they’re
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March 13, 2013 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Give us a Green knowledge choice

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Editor’s note: The following article was to be given as testimony at a public appeals hearing
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December 12, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | Comments (0)

Editorial: Fight big wind now!

Editor’s note: As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of TRRT, this space was reserved for an editorial on the last
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December 5, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 2 Comments

Editorial: DEA, parking spaces and lots

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Surely, the following statement comes as no surprise to the “common citizen,” sometimes known as the
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November 14, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 2 Comments

The Rock River Times’ election endorsements

By Frank Schier Editor and Publisher Vote the undervote The Rock River Times’ endorsements are for contested races only for the General Election,
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October 31, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 5 Comments

Editorial: Triage dump

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher The following column will upset you if you are politically correct. For many of us downtown
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October 3, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 2 Comments

Editorial: GMO and GE under attack

By Richard S. Gubbe Contributing Writer A crusade to make a dent in the genetically modified foods machine and prevent the creation
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July 11, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 1 Comment

Editorial: Puritanism and cry me a Kishwaukee

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Many people, when commenting about the complete alcohol ban at the launch points of Baumann Park
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June 20, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 5 Comments

Editorial: Kishwaukee booze ban continues Dumb to Dumbest

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher Beside this, you may read two other columns from readers who spend many hours on the
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June 13, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 4 Comments

Editorial: District 205 credibility gap remains

By Brandon Reid Assistant Editor A new superintendent, a new communications officer, a new slate of school board members and a
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February 8, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Editorials | 12 Comments

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 | 8 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 | 3 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 | 5 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 | 4 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

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