To The Editor: With regard to your 3/30/11 commentary, “Did Mayor John A. Ostenburg Cause The Great Recession?”, the Village government’s share of property taxes for tax year 1999 for SD 163 (Rich Township) in 1999 was 21.5% and 30.6% in 2009. Conversely, the school’s share decreased from 67.3% to[Read More…]
Opinion
Did Mayor John A. Ostenburg Cause The Great Recession?
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Did Mayor Ostenburg cause the Great Recession? This is America, after all, and we have a right to know. Listening to the rhetoric in the current political campaign, I realize that some of the criticisms of our local economy are also directed at me, and every[Read More…]
Rulemaking Could Crimp the American Dream: Broad Homeownership on the Line in Washington This Week
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. This morning the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation became the first of six government agencies to adopt for public comment a proposed rule concerning risk retention on mortgage-backed securities, as required by section 941 of the Dodd Frank Act. As several of the FDIC directors noted, the[Read More…]
Dirty Coal Industry Influence is Clear as Weak Proposed Rule Would Do Nothing to Protect Waterways
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2011. Late Monday Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson proposed a weak new rule that would do almost nothing to conserve the billions of gallons of water wasted or protect the billions of fish shredded by power plant cooling systems nationwide. The new proposed guidelines, which[Read More…]
The Perils of Privatizing the U.S. Mortgage Finance System
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2011. The U.S. Congress and the Obama administration are now earnestly engaged in the complicated process of reforming our nation’s mortgage finance system. The decisions they make will have enormous impacts on the shape of the U.S. financial markets and may well decide whether homeownership remains a[Read More…]
How to Raise the Status of Teachers? Redesign the System
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011. Cynthia Brown, Vice President for Education Policy at the Center for American Progress, wrote the following op-ed published in today’s New York Times on improving teaching quality by addressing structural problems in our education system: Americans are frustrated with the poor academic performance of our students.[Read More…]
Funding Education Equitably: The ‘Comparability Provision’ and the Move to Fair and Transparent School Budgeting Systems
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress, or CAP, released a report that looks at the issues districts face when they attempt to design fair and transparent school funding systems. “Funding Education Equitably: The ‘Comparability Provision’ and the Move to Fair and Transparent School Budgeting Systems” by[Read More…]
Glenn Beck’s Upcoming Documentary: It’s The End Of The World (Again)
Commentary By Ben Dimiero Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Glenn Beck is not not saying it’s the end of the world. As we’ve documented extensively, Beck has made a habit of dabbling in end-times soothsaying over the years, hosting a rotating cast of hucksters warning about impending doom and often openly suggesting that we[Read More…]
Who Is G. Edward Griffin, Glenn Beck’s Expert On The Federal Reserve?
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- On his Fox News show, Glenn Beck presented author G. Edward Griffin as a credible authority on the Federal Reserve. But Griffin has an extensive history of promoting wild conspiracy theories, including the notions that HIV does not exist and that cancer is a dietary deficiency that can[Read More…]
The Economic Impact of Legalization vs. Deportation in Arizona
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2011. Yesterday the Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center released the report “A Rising Tide or a Shrinking Pie: The Economic Impact of Legalization Versus Deportation in Arizona,” by UCLA professor Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda and CAP’s Marshall Fitz. The joint CAP and IPC analysis reveals[Read More…]
