I’d like to hope that there are other places in the United States where people stand up and say that being a better community is a bad thing. Otherwise, have all the other communities colluded to secretly send all the NIMBY’s to Rockford? If so, that would explain a lot. Of course, it looks like we are collectively willing to part the Red Sea to bring a Portillo’s to Rockford.
September, 2010
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Sep 10
Editorial cartoon: Lottery Lease
Illinois is the first state to outsource its lottery operations. What are the odds?
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Sep 10
Editorial cartoon: Distracted driving.
There’s an old-school diversion out there that still puts people at risk — maybe we could pass a law for this problem as well.