Guest Column: Winnebago County Board vs. our First Amendment right

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivison Resident The First Amendment to the United States Constitution, a part of the Bill of
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February 1, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Forest preserve clear-cut: Restoring by destroying?

• Citizen asks for preserving the forest movement in response to Winnebago County Forest Preserve District clear-cutting in three forest
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February 1, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Biondo’s misconceptions on the purpose of the library

By Andrew Strong I was a children’s librarian at Rockford Public Library in the early ’90s, during which time I
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February 1, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 4 Comments

Guest Column: Forest preserve clear-cut: Deal with it!

• Or, ‘Waiting for Arbor Day, not Godot’ Editor’s note: The following is the text of remarks made by Paul Arena
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January 25, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Closing juvenile prison facilities can help reduce costs

By Elizabeth Clarke Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to close some state facilities to address budget shortfalls will put pressure
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January 25, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Grasping the big picture

• ‘Big Wind’ controversy continues in surrounding counties By Bob Logan Franklin Grove Resident The Lee County Zoning Board of Appeals met Friday
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January 25, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Public input needed on Rockford Public Library decisions

By Amy Orvis Curled in the lap of the library; surrounded by shelf upon shelf of information, cultural explorations, adventure and
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January 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Books should be the focus of the library

By Kara Anderson I am a mother of two young children, and we visit the Rockford Public Library at least
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January 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Libraries walk fine line balancing e-book investments

By Emily Klonicki “Loaning e-books is like playing with some other kid’s ball on the playground. There is always a risk
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January 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: TRUST and promises kept …

By Mona Marcinkowski Fox Ridge Subdivision Resident You “assume” as a citizen that the individuals you elect are, in fact, fulfilling their
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January 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Issuance of pardons is a very public matter

Editor’s note: The following guest column was submitted by the Illinois Press Association (IPA) to show the important role the
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January 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: The 17th Congressional District’s best candidate

By Richard Montgomery In response to many articles about 2012 Democratic candidates for the Illinois 17th Congressional District, let me say
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January 18, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Cutting of mature pines in Roland Olson Forest Preserve destructive

By Gloria J. Maloney When my husband and I were looking for a site on which to build a house seven
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January 11, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 8 Comments

Guest Column: Change of address for Joe Sosnowski

By Jeffrey William Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident At the risk of resurrecting another “dead horse,” I have some last comments on
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January 11, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Tribute: Pete MacKay: Remembered for love of family and friends, and service to community

Editor’s note: Long-time Winnebago County Board member Pete MacKay passed away Dec. 13, 2011, at the age of 78. Following
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January 11, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: The deal for the Vermilion

By Tom Lindblade Illinois Paddling Council In Illinois, on most of our rivers and streams, it is legal for a landowner who
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January 11, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Rock River Trail Initiative: An update for December 2011

By Greg Farnham RRTI Coordinator Progress continued at the end of 2011 to establish a recreation Rock River Water Trail and a
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January 11, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Forest preserve or prairie preserve?

Editor’s note: Controversy has erupted over massive tree cutting at the Winnebago County Roland Olson Forest Preserve, with more
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January 4, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 8 Comments

Guest Column: Let criminals help pay for their incarceration

By Michael Kleen Back in July 2003, Winnebago County levied a 1 percent sales tax to pay for a brand-new, $142
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January 4, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Donations sought for Jan. 16 Veterans Needs Drive

By Pamela Echols In recognition of Martin Luther King Day of Service Jan. 16, YouthBuild Rockford AmeriCorps will be sponsoring and
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January 4, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: ‘Voting is a waste of time …’

By Tim Mills Citizens who don’t vote “… because it’s a waste of time …” are throwing the baby out with
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January 4, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Re: Closing of Associated Bank Edgebrook location

By Mark A. Rouleau Today, I received a letter from a David L. Stein, executive vice president, Retail Banking for
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January 4, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Biondo office-holding controversy

Editor’s note: The following e-mail was sent to our office concerning Ted Biondo’s comments about the Open Meetings Act: “Open
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December 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Where is the public input on the library?

By Rachel Leon I would like to clarify points made in Frank Novak’s “Staying relevant — why the library must
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December 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Rockford schools: Where are the members of the exclusive elite?

By Tim Hughes Jane Hayes’ Dec. 14 Ethics in Education guest column leaves one wondering if the expanded credit proposal
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Guest Column: Higher standard of care needed at many abortion clinics

By Jay Ware Oct. 3, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) suspended the operating license for the Rockford abortion clinic.
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December 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: YouthBuild needs your support

By Kerry Knodle Executive Director, YouthBuild Rockford This fall, Comprehensive Community Solutions started the 17th year of our YouthBuild Rockford Program.
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December 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Open Meetings Act a problem in Winnebago County?

By Nichole Larison Sammon Ted Biondo, a Winnebago County Board member, wrote a blog post for the daily Dec. 14 stating
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December 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 4 Comments

Guest Column: Freedom of speech — for whom?

By Mona Marcinkowski Fox Ridge Subdivision Resident Ted Biondo has the luxury of being able to state his opinion whenever an issue
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December 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Staying relevant — why the library must change and embrace the digital revolution

By Frank Novak I read Rachel Leon’s recent guest column (“Does our community reflect the need for 34 percent of
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December 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 3 Comments

Guest Column: Stanley Campbell’s comments about Tea Party inflammatory

Editor’s note: The following guest column is in response to Stanley Campbell’s Dec. 14-20 Left Justified column “Rockford gets two
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December 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 10 Comments

Guest Column: CAFOs’ rights come before individual citizens’ rights

By Victoria Grizzoffi The GOP candidates are making pledges of cutting what seems to be our only safety net, the federal
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December 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Time for year-end giving

By John R. Mecklenburg Did anyone happen to catch the special section on philanthropy in The Wall Street Journal on
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Guest Column: Rockford schools: Education not a business based on a corporate model

By Jane Hayes and Watchdogs for Ethics in Education He came. He spoke. He woke … the sleeping giant of corporate
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December 14, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Union also does disservice to Rockford teachers

By Tim Hughes In her Nov. 16 Rock River Times guest column, Mary Jo Powers of Watchdogs for Ethics in
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December 14, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: How much does Obama affect the economy?

By Jane Carrell Coordinator, Northern IL Tea Party Anyone with any knowledge of economies and markets knows U.S. presidents may promise they
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December 14, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 4 Comments

Guest Column: For sale: American public education — big discounts, free theme park passes

By David Stocker Public education is undergoing the most significant revamping ever. This moment caps 30 years of attacks on the rights
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December 7, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Rockford schools: The inconvenient truth behind Geoffrey Canada

By Jane Hayes and Watchdogs for Ethics in Education The Rockford Chamber of Commerce — with the United Way, Alignment Rockford,
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December 7, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 3 Comments

Guest Column: Congressman supports free trade, not American jobs

By John Stassi Even though the Rockford area suffers from a chronic shortage of living-wage jobs for its residents, it
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December 7, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change a credible source

By Dr. Robert M. Carter In his Nov. 16 letter to the editor, “Rebuttal to Tom Harris’s letter and the NIPCC,”
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December 7, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: A lone vote for you on landfill expansion

By Steve Schultz Winnebago County Board Member (R-2) The Host County Agreement between Winnebago County and Winnebago Landfill Company (a William Charles
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November 30, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Come ye, come all! Winnebago County Board members voted away $1.5 million in revenue

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident While most of us were focused on family and friends this Thanksgiving holiday, Winnebago
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November 30, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 3 Comments

Guest Column: Does our community reflect the need for 34 percent of our library’s budget to go to electronic resources?

By Rachel Leon I realize that my response to Corinna Curry’s Oct. 9 Rockford Register Star article on the library
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November 30, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Rockford schools: Bullying should not be allowed at any level

By Barbara Oehlke and Watchdogs for Ethics in Education Bullying is bad, right? That’s what we tell students in the classroom
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November 30, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 4 Comments

Guest Column: Obama’s catastrophic pipeline copout

By David H. Wilkins The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline offers nothing but promise: tens of thousands of desperately needed jobs, and
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November 30, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: ‘POUKY’ — help for Haitian children in need

By Bob Sharp James Casimir grew up in a family of 13 children in the village of Saut-d’eau in the
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November 30, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: City’s removal of street lights makes Rockford less safe

By Shannon Brands A couple weeks ago, I noticed the street I live on became very dark at night. After noticing
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November 23, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 7 Comments

Guest Column: Rockford Public Schools: Plugged into power

By Jane Hayes and Watchdogs for Ethics in Education Thursday evening, Nov. 10, Tim Rollins, local lawyer and Rockford Board of
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November 23, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Is this the future of our local print media?

By Daniel Sears Editor’s note: This article was originally a letter addressed to Peter Ricker, president/publisher of the Rockford Register
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November 23, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 3 Comments

Guest Column: Funds needed to build accessible fishing pier

By Jim Keeling President, Rockford Park District Foundation Board Editor’s note: This column is reprinted from Fundamentals, the Rockford Park District
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November 23, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)


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