The Issue: Local municipalities are scrambling to compensate for the loss of tax funds usually distributed by the state.

Our View: Enough is enough. We must elect people to serve in Springfield who can assert leadership to make tough but necessary decisions.

The Issue: The bitter cold of winter has a more severe impact on those with fewer resources to make ends meet.

Our view: A good way to help those in need is to donate gently used clothing items to the office of state Sen. Dan Cronin.

This back-and-forth jockeying between those who want to renovate the DuPage Theatre in Lombard and those who’d like to see the property used for other purposes has gone far beyond tiresome. How much money has been spent on conceptual plans and legal expenses to stave off the inevitable?

Municipal leaders are eager to pat themselves on the back when they think they’ve resolved a funding dilemma.