Sometimes No News Is the Best News

* It is believed in good faith that the following content can be found in the December 2009 (Number 393) edition of The Crestwood Adviser and is for general reference and/or research purposes only.  For further information regarding the information listed here, please contact The Village of Crestwood in Crestwood, Illinois. *

If it bleeds it leads is the motto of many "professional" news organizations, meaning that any sensational event (plane crashes, mass murders, new wars, scandals, ad infinitum) will be splashed across front pages and breathless lead-ins on radio and television stations across the county.

While the vast majority of our great country go through the day doing what they have to do to support their families, help others voluntarily, save lives, go to the church of their choice, their individual acts of care, concern, courage and loving go unnoticed,

What news value is there in normalcy?

The Adviser's role is different from the "mainstream" media in most respects.  In this issue, for example, we attempt to clarify the numbers in those mysterious (and expensive) real estate tax bills, encourage the participation in Crestwood's annual holiday decorating contest and ways to help the needy at this time of the year.

We also attempt to emphasize the importance of local business support as it relates to our citizens' best interests and spotlight a local business every month.  We encourage contributions from our readers to share individual accomplishments and concerns.

We further try to promote local business by keeping our advertising rates the same as they were in 2002, $5 per column inch, when the Adviser started accepting advertising.  Call 371-4800 for information.

There are no plans for change as we enter the new decade,

We wish you all blessings for the Christmas season and health and happiness in the New Year.

Words Of Wisdom From Harry Truman

* It is believed in good faith that the following content can be found in the October 2008 (Number 378) edition of The Crestwood Adviser and is for general reference and/or research purposes only.  For further information regarding the information listed here, please contact The Village of Crestwood in Crestwood, Illinois. *

From the wisdom of President Harry S. Truman:

" It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna' depend on the weather."

When President Truman retired from office in 1952, his income was substantially a U.S. Army pension, reportedly $13,507 a year.

Congress, noting he was paying for his postage stamps and licking them himself, granted him an allowance and later a retroactive pension of $25,000 a year.

When offered corporate positions at high salaries, he declined, saying "You don't want me, you want the office of the president, and that doesn't belong to me.  It belongs to the American people, and it's not for sale."

In May 1971 Congress was preparing to award him with the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday.  He refused to accept it, writing "I don't consider I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."

We now see that other past presidents have found a new level of success in cashing in on the presidency, resulting in untold wealth.

Today many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices.  Political offices are now for sale.