Articles filed under Letters to the Editor

• Batavia food pantry thanks you for help May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Batavia letter to the editor: The Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry wants to thank local Jewel and Berkley's food stores, all of the more than 100 volunteers who worked the weekend of the Spring Food Pantry "Food Sharing Days" and especially all the patrons who donated food products or made cash donations. The food pantry received 3¼ tons of food and paper products and $1,500 in cash donations.
  

   

• Fire chief’s pension, sick pay outrageous May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Carpentersville-realted letter to the editor: I would think every taxpayer who doesn't work for the government would be outraged over the obscene $95,640 per year pension the ex-Carpentersville fire chief who retired under a cloud of suspicion is receiving. Plus he received another onetime payment of $28,967.24 for earned vacation and sick days.
  

   

• Teen dance over Benghazi hearings? May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Wayne letter to the editor: The thing about breaking news especially when its related to the world and our country, is that it should be front page news whether it's the newspaper's opinion or not.
  

   

• A society grounded in Christianity has hope May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Palatine letter to the editor: Everyone would benefit from a Christian culture. Not all would be Christians but there would be a Christian consensus. We were once such a Christian nation: one in which life, liberty and property were viewed as unalienable rights endowed by their creator to each citizen. Multiculturalism has led us down the path to an ungodly humanistic culture.
  

   

• Include Cook in concealed carry law May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  An Elk Grove Village letter to the editor: Any concealed carry law that excludes the residents of Cook County actually discriminates against the law-abiding citizens of the county. If the politicians think they can use, "public safety" as an excuse for excluding Cook County, they should realize that public safety actually improves whenever a law-abiding citizen is legally allowed to carry a concealed weapon.
  

   

• Institution you save might be your ownMay 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Obama impeachable in Benghazi mess?May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Cigarettes not an easy tax source May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Mundelein letter to the editor: As government tries to keep going and possibly to expand service, it needs revenue. However, broadly raising taxes is politically risky, so the slogan is always, "Don't tax you. Don't tax me. Tax the guy behind the tree." Increasingly the guy behind the tree is the cigarette smoker.
  

   

• Ultimate goal of marriage extinction May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Woodstock letter to the editor: The problems of poverty, unemployment, crime and failing schools having been solved so Illinois politicians take time on laws for gay-marriage, medical marijuana and pet lemon. While Washington D.C. is demanding that Redskin owner Dan Snyder change the team's name to the Redtails.
  

   

• Rooftop owners have no rights to Cubs May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  An Arlington Heights letter to the editor: The rooftop owners give new meaning to Chicago being the "city of thieves." If they are successful in court and are allowed continued grand larceny, this would set a tremendous court precedent and defense for future bank robbers. They could be exonerated and work out a deal with the feds to keep 83 percent of whatever they steal!
  

   

• Prescription drug bill puts patients at risk May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Belleville letter to the editor: Patient care requires collaboration between many members of the health care team, and psychologists play an important role. However, the simple truth is they do not have the biomedical education similar to that of health professionals currently authorized to prescribe, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
  

   

• A way to make Internet tax fair May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Palatine letter to the editor: Why don't we really make the marketplace fair by having all retailers, both Internet and brick and mortar ones, charge the exact same rate based on where they are located. This is how it's currently done for brick and mortar retailers, so "fairness" should mean we are imposing the same tax burden on the Internet retailer.
  

   

• Presidency is most unethical in history May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Hoffman Estates letter to the editor: Obama's only competence has been in assigning equally incompetent people to high offices. His administration has been the most unethical, immoral and criminal administration in U.S. history. Question: If Obama, America's first anti-president, and his criminal administration would lie so often about what they have been doing and who they are, is it possible they have lied to you about conservatives and Republicans?
  

   

• Chance of restoring Meigs Field? May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  An Elmhurst letter to the editor: The Federal Aviation Authority recently reversed their decision to close several airport towers due to funding issues. On Nov. 10, 2001 our daughter (age 8, at the time) earned her Young Eagles Certificate at Meigs Field, having flown in a C-150 N6297R aircraft piloted by Robert C. Bejra. The look on her face beamed with delight.
  

   

• Marijuana needed as a painkiller May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Mount Prospect letter to the editor: Medical marijuana and "street marijuana" are not the same since the latter has not been tested by qualified doctors and street marijuana can be laced with other chemicals. Even with street marijuana there have been no reported deaths and fewer less severe side effects.
  

   

• Medical marijuana a step backward May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Des Plaines letter to the editor: On April 17, the Illinois House passed HB 1, often referred to as "medical marijuana" legislation, 61-57. The legislation is expected to be called for a vote in the Senate soon. With our collective 90 years-plus of law enforcement experience, we find it imperative to voice our concerns concerning this pending legislation.
  

   

• It’s time to end pension perk May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Lake Villa letter to the editor: With a defined-benefits pension, Illinois teachers and government employees are recipients of a perk that has long-ago disappeared from the private sector.
  

   

• Pension plus paycheck is galling May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
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• System has too many inconsistencies May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Des Plaines letter to the editor: I think pensions are a good thing when they are not abused and set up properly. However, what we have is various systems that are abused and killing the taxpayers.
  

   

• Taxpayers haven’t been treated ‘brutally’ May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  An Arlington Heights letter to the editor: The state of Illinois has not fully fulfilled its obligation to public pensions over the last 60 years. So, how has the taxpayer been negatively treated? To look at it another way, the state probably should've increased taxes to meet its obligation over the years. So, really, the taxpayer has been spared tax increases for years.