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 | 2 Comments

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)

Guest Column: Pluto downgrade still doesn’t sit well with astrologers

By Edward Snow Managing Editor, Astrology News Service When the International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted to downgrade tiny Pluto to “dwarf” planet
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November 23, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Rockford school board is at war with our educators

By Mary Jo Powers and Watchdogs for Ethics in Education Historically, the Rockford Public School District 205 website has always been
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November 16, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 8 Comments

Guest Column: Debunking the ‘black view’ as perceived by Ed Wells

By Tim Hughes Matthew Simpson’s Nov. 1 Register Star response to Ed Wells’ opinion piece in the Register Star on
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November 16, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: A story to tell the nation

By Dolores Rundberg I have been inspired by God to write this. Those we have voted into office are not
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November 9, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Justice or just-us?

By Richard Thomas Justice or Just-Us? I attended my first Occupy Rockford rally this last Saturday at the grand opening
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November 9, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Keystone XL oil pipeline simply a bad idea

By Richard Bunch The Keystone XL oil pipeline is a bad idea from all perspectives. Producing oil from tar sands is
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November 2, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Paying actual costs of the Post Office — an idea worth trying

By Gary Haynes In his commentary (Sept. 21-27, 2011), Charles Miller, Lakeland District Postal Service manager, writes about the plight
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November 2, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Teaching your child accountability

By Dr. Raymond J. Huntington “It’s time for you to start being more responsible.” If you’ve ever heard yourself saying these words
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November 2, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Asphalt plant: Business and ethics?

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident I know many of you have followed my frequent guest columns concerning the proposed
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Opinion of county’s asphalt plant emissions expert differs from OSHA

• Correspondence between Tom and Billie D. Mills and Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen By Tom & Billie D. Mills September
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Dear Winnebago County Board Chairman and Board members

By Mona Marcinkowski Fox Ridge Subdivision resident Thursday, Oct. 27, you will cast your votes regarding William Charles’ attempt to obtain a
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Closing Dixon’s Mabley affects Rockford

By Ron & Carole Bergman Jacksonville Coalition to Save Our State Facilities This is a local news topic because Rockford residents
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Girl Scouts works to inform girls about reality of reality TV

By Vicki Wright CEO, Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois What did we see today? And more importantly, what did our children see
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Natural desires, medicines and food police

By Norman Bleed Few desiderata (“things wanted or needed”) outpace good health, and the subsidiary “desires” to find it, and
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Kilbuck Creek used to run clear — not chocolate brown or bluish gray

• Is their record mud on the Kilbuck? If this is William Charles’ treatment of Kilbuck Creek, how can the
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 5 Comments

Guest Column: Is William Charles special?

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident Winnebago County Board member Angie Goral (D-7) stated in the daily Oct. 12 regarding
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

First asphalt plant protest

By Nichole Larison Sammon Last Saturday, Oct. 15, the East State Street neighbors held a protest to raise awareness for the
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Asphalt plant — a ‘big toxic carcinogenic’ problem

By Billie Diane Mills Adjacent property owner to proposed asphalt plant I can’t believe that people in this community, i.e., Norma Lewis
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Jim Webster & Zoning Committee sentence Fox Ridge Neighborhood to LIFE

By Mona Marcinkowski Fox Ridge Neighborhood resident Oct. 11, the Winnebago County Zoning Committee voted on the proposed special-use permit for the
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: Effects of ‘ObamaCare’ largely unknown

By Rep. Jim Sacia It’s complicated and time consuming. It’s important to every American. I’m referring, of course, to “ObamaCare,”
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Winnebago County Zoning office suppresses opposition information

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdvision resident The Winnebago County Zoning office copied and compiled a stack of information for the
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October 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Rockford Park District says THANK YOU, William Charles, for the 16 percent discount

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident William Charles, in an article in the daily released Saturday, Oct. 8, stated they
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October 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

The many faces of William Charles

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident The following entities are listed at the addresses of 1401 N. Second St. and
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October 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Blame, bandying and excuses in our public school system

By Amy Orvis Rockford Public School Teacher Want to engage in the public education “reform” tournament these days? Serve the words “failing”
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October 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: County board should vote ‘no’ on special-use permit for East State asphalt plant

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident William Charles has proposed placing an asphalt plant in the East State Street quarry,
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

East State asphalt plant: Campaign contributions and property tax?

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident Sept. 19, five days after the ZBA hearing, Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 2 Comments

Guest Column: Challenge to Rockford’s noise and towing ordinances as unconstitutional

By Rene Hernandez June 28, William Franzen of Rockford, filed suit in the 17th Judicial Circuit seeking to overturn the City
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Why the media blackout of the Wall Street protests?

By Dewaine Nelson Along with my father, who is in his 80s, we have been news junkies for many years. We
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 4 Comments

Guest Column: Democracy depends on responsible news consumption

By David Porter Director of Communications, Illinois Press Association You alone are responsible for the news you consume. If I have only
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Occupy Wall Street sweeps the nation

By Kelly McKee New York City is once again ground zero, but this time, the war following is likely to be
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October 5, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column> Online Exclusives | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Politicians: “William Charles always a ‘Good Neighbor’”

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident William Charles, through its numerous public statements concerning the proposed asphalt plant in the
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September 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | 1 Comment

Guest Column: No tears for Blago

By John Russell Ghrist Next month, when former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is sentenced for political corruption, I won’t be
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September 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: ZBA asphalt decision made in advance?

By Nichole Larison Sammon Fox Ridge Subdivision resident The Winnebago County Zoning Board of Appeals’ final hearing on a special-use permit
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September 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)

Guest Column: Postal Service needs prompt action to remain viable

By Charles Miller District Manager, U.S. Postal Service Lakeland District “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night …
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September 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Guest Column | Comments (0)


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