OPINION

GUEST COMMENTARY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Happy New Year Look into saving $1 million by cutting Dist. 181 head librarians
In Hinsdale we have a fab- and benefits over the other needed. Could the school
ulous public library, full of nine months, to keep a head board save a million dollars
— you’re fined! great youth librarians.
During the summer months
librarian in each one of our
District 181 school libraries.
by eliminating nine school
library administrators? I
With every new You’re fined! they run one heck of a read- PTO volunteers run the think it’s worth looking into.
year come new laws. Contract to fix ing program for our stu- school book fairs, restock the — Julie Ranahan, Hinsdale
Our legislators work something in my dents. We also pay well over book shelves and help out
overtime to protect home and do a a million dollars, in salaries when ever extra hands are
us from ourselves. shoddy job? You’re
Some of these laws fined!
make sense. Others Smoke with the
don’t. Whether they kids in the car and
make sense or not, your windows
be prepared to pay rolled up? You’re
the piper for violat- fined and should
ing them. Mike Neiman be ashamed.
Our new texting Complain inces-
while driving ban in Illinois is santly about District 181’s
a good idea. Taking your eyes cost-cutting measures with-
off the road is downright dan- out making your voice heard
gerous. But then why not ban to the board? You’re fined!
dialing on cell phones? Or Ban the “Real Housewives”
programming your GPS? Or on Bravo before the Hinsdale
for that matter, putting on version debuts and if you
makeup? choose to be one of the six
Many laws are put on the catty women airing their dirty
books to protect our health. laundry along with cleavage,
California restaurants will you’re fined!
now have to reduce the Blab in a movie theater?
amount of trans fats they You’re fined!
serve. What’s next? Salt? Argue that the Bears are
Taste? North Carolina, the righting their mistakes?
largest producer of tobacco, You’re fined!
looks hypocritical for banning Encroach into my seat with
smoking in bars and restau- your wide load during my
rants. Even man’s best friend next United flight? You’re
is benefiting in fined! And it might be time to
Massachusetts, where dog check out becoming a con-
racing is now illegal. testant for TV’s “The Biggest
Protecting children always Loser.”
tops the list. Lighters that Play with your iPhone
look like toys are now off the while your kids create havoc
shelves in Nevada and in the playground? You’re
Louisiana. And in Arkansas of fined!
all places, toy guns that look Speed on Hinsdale streets?
like the real thing are no You’re fined! Oh wait, there’s
more. So kids, you’ll have to already a fine. But since it’s
wait until your 18th birthdays not working, maybe a good
to play with guns. ol’ tar and feathering might
If I could be king for a day, do the trick.
I, too, would change the Not picking up after your
world and make it a safer and pooch? You’re fined! And I
healthier place. And I would hope you step in it before I
do my best to make up budg- do.
et shortfalls by fining every- Hate my column? You’re
body who ticks me off. Here’s fined!
how. — Mike Neiman of Hinsdale
Capable of clearing your is a contributing columnist.
sidewalk, but leave them iced Readers can e-mail him at
over so the rest us can pre- news@thehinsdalean.com.
tend we’re Kristi Yamaguchi?

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