Is There Really A Lack of Funding In Education?

As clearly highlighted in the article, BB taxpayers are funding multi-million dollar pension plans for retired VVSD educators.  Are you as outraged as we are?

Do you find the sudden salary spikes right before retirement suspicious?

The $500k plus in salary spikes c/h/b used on more important areas of the budget.  What do you think of the "list of savings" highlighted by Cedra Crenshaw?

How can the school board approve such agreements?

Share your comments.

Teachers' Union & Education Reform: What Role Do They Play?

Is it possible, unions are opposed to education reform, as the writer suggest?

There are excellent teachers employed in the public school system, how can unions justify paying them (excellent teachers) the same as bad ones?

What do you think of President Obama's Race To The Top Fund?


Share your comments.

Community Poll: Did the State of Georgia Execute An Innocent Man?

What are your views on the death penalty?

Where do you stand in the debate?  Do you support the pardon bd, and supreme ct's decision?  Or, do you believe there was too much doubt in the case?

The floor is open.  Tell us what you think.

Residents Hit Village of Maywood With Lawsuit Claiming FOIA Violation

Curious minds want to know: Will Bolingbrook government follow the same playbook, and slam its doors on the residents, including The Number Crunchers, when we request public information?

Hopefully, the Village of Bolingbrook, Valley View School District, Fountaindale Public Library and DuPage Township will honor the community's absolute right to public records, and keep its doors, and books open to the public.*

 

 

 

Plan On Dining Out? Think Twice, It Will Cost You More Money To Eat In Bolingbrook

The only communities with comparable taxes are downtown Naperville and Chicago.

Producers vs Expropriators: America's Coming Civil War?

"Most productive Americans... value their independence, their freedom to make their own lives as they see fit, not to make themselves subservient to politicians and government bureaucrats."

What are your views on the size of government, both locally and nationally?

Do you believe the country's headed towards a socialist state, where government's the primary economic engine?

Do you believe in Hudgen's assertion that America's headed for a civil war between the producers and expropriators?

Share your comments.

Government Regulation Favor Big Business, Penalize Small Ones

Nice Cream's required to purchase a $40k pasteurizing machine or the government will shut her down.

Will you call Senator Wilhelmi, and Rep. McAsey, to see if they would consider sponsoring a bill that removes the prohibitive barriers preventing small ice-cream businesses from competing in the marketplace?

Share your comments.

"Going forward, I will not be pursuing a political office of any kind."

Instead, I want to focus exclusively on reporting how local government spends our tax dollars. There should be no appearance of a political agenda other than to help reduce government spending.

Feel free to share comments.

Education Reform: Can Tax Credits From Public Education Be the Answer?

Parents should have the right to choose the best school for their child.

The current public education system is parasitic in nature.

Click to read article:  http://thenumbercrunchers-bolingbrook.com/vvsd9911eductxcrdt.html

The floor is open.  Please share your comments.

Community Poll: Will you let your children watch DWTS this season?

The floor is open, Bolingbrook.  Tell us what you think.

School Board Set To Vote On New 90/10 Grading Policy

Are you in support (or against) the policy?

How should the school board vote, on Sept. 22?

What are the pros and cons?