Shredgate: City’s actions, or lack thereof, stink

By Bruce Rushton

Don’t watch what we do, listen to what we say.That’s what politicians who behave badly would have the public do when the going gets weird. And what the city of Springfield is doing as Shre

Opinion | Thursday, March 7,2013

Shell games and FOIA

Madigan pretends, the media worship

By Bruce Rushton

Thank goodness for the government.That was the way that Silly Pretend Journalists, aka the Society of Professional Journalists, saw things eight years ago when they bestowed attorney general Lisa Madi

Opinion | Thursday, March 29,2012

Don’t let Springfield be Harrisburg, Pa.

By Sheila Stocks-Smith

Harrisburg, Pa., and Springfield have some interesting and frightening parallels. Like Springfield, Harrisburg is the capital city and the county seat. The city has a population of nearly 50,000 with

Opinion | Thursday, March 1,2012

Suing the city

By Bruce Rushton

I hate meetings.The tortured kabuki theater that is your typical city council/zoning commission/pick-a-public-body meeting rarely sets hearts afire. The script is usually bad, the bureaucrats, inevita