Viewpoints Board
The Community Viewpoints Board advises the Register Star on the Editorial Agenda and on topics of the day. They are conservatives, liberals and independent. Some are retired. Others are doctors, teachers, pastors, social workers and marketing specialists. Several members of the board agreed to blog on rrstar.com. They’ll share their views here on local issues. Their thoughts – as well as the opinions of other board members – also will appear with other opinion content online and in the newspaper in the Opinions section.

Archive for March, 2008

What’s your hurry?

3 comments March 20th, 2008

With everyone being gasoline conscious (and at $3.25 a gallon who isn’t noticing the pinch), it could be the best way to cut down on fill-ups is to drive the speed limit. Green experts say we could save between 10 and 20% and on a small car that could be $4 to $8 per tank. Hummmm, you would have to like that. I’m trying to slow down, will you too?

Jan Herbert
Jan Herbert 

Union vs. Chief or Chief vs. Union

Add comment March 17th, 2008

The tension between Chief Epperson and the Rockford Police union has seen a number of low points. I can’t think if a “high point” in the relationship from what I’ve read on rrstar.com. It seems to me that neither “side” has taken the steps necessary to resolve the conflict.

If you were the Chief, what steps would you take to solve this problem? If you served in the leadership of the union, what action would you take to fix this relationship problem?

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