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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

Guest Column: County board members tell half-truths

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision It is election time again, and the rhetoric is in full force. Incumbents work hard
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February 29, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 3 Comments

Guest Column: Rockford Public Schools: Whom would you trust?

By Jane Hayes Trust! The Rockford School District asks us to trust their decisions to do better for our at-risk students
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February 29, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 14 Comments

Guest Column: Ombudsman program fails to meet the needs of students

By Jennifer Macek My name is Jennifer Macek. I grew up in Rockford, I attended the Rockford Public Schools, and I
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February 29, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: How to fight Google’s March 1 attack on your privacy

By John Gile Author, Editor, Journalist, Publisher www.CityDesk.us Ethically challenged Google executives are initiating privacy changes effective at midnight, Wednesday, Feb. 29,
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February 29, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: RAVE’s contract demand could be death knell for On the Waterfront

By Bruce Hammond The Feb. 14 edition of the Rockford Register Star contained a story titled “RAVE seeks contract
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February 22, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 6 Comments

Guest Column: The other side of the Joint Task Force — what is publicly available

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident In June 2010, Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen (R) and Rockford Mayor Larry
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February 22, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Outsourcing Roosevelt: Abandoning its staff and students

By Jane Hayes Under Dennis Thompson’s superintendency of the Rockford Public Schools, our custodial staff of nearly 200 was outsourced in
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February 22, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Open letter to the mayor, library board trustees and Mr. Novak

By Andrew Strong Editor’s note: The writer asked us to include the following introduction to his column: “Last Saturday {Feb.
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February 22, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Camp Fuller marker is in the wrong place; new marker needed

By Tim Hughes With the Civil War sesquicentennial upon us, more people will likely visit the stone marker at the
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February 22, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Lack of communication didn’t cut down trees

By Brian Jenkins Leggero While a lack of communication did not cut down trees at area forest preserves, a lack of
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February 15, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Forest preserves: Balance between trees, tallgrass sound

By Tyler Kerr As the Good Book says, there is a time to kill and a time to heal. Unfortunately for
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February 15, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 4 Comments

Guest Column: Time for authentic leadership in Winnebago County

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident Effective leadership is not about making speeches or getting your picture in the paper;
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February 15, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Local politicians vote against capping property taxes

By Mona Marcinkowski and Kathy Johnson We don’t always agree with Rockford Register Star columnist Ted Biondo, but this time, we
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February 15, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: County should reduce temperature inside its buildings

Editor’s note: The following guest column is written by Contributing Writer Paula Hendrickson, who writes the “Tube Talk” column for
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February 15, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)


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