WJBC Forum: I Hate Reruns

Posted on May 24, 2017

By David Stanczak An old saying holds that there are two things you don’t want to watch being made: laws and sausages. Many years ago, after my first opportunity to view the legislative process in action, I vowed I would never visit a sausage-making establishment. And that was back in the good old days, when…… MORE

Lexington East Road to close

Posted on May 24, 2017

Lexington East Road, which is also CH 8 or 2450 North Road, between 2900 and 3000 East roads, will be closed to through traffic starting May 30 through Sept. 8, weather permitting, for replacement of the Roselands II Bridge. … MORE

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Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…