Visits to city are not safe or necessary
My wife and I always loved going into Chicago for shopping, restaurants and the theater. However, those visits are now out of the question. Chicago and armed robberies, carjackings and assault are not random events any longer.
Last weekend, 31 armed robberies were reported. Year to date there have been 2,100 shootings and who knows how many assaults that have gone unreported.
Now, I realize the odds of anything happening to you on a visit downtown are probably pretty great, but we no longer wish to tempt fate. We live in Oswego and have set Oakbrook as our eastbound limit.
There are dozens and dozens of very nice restaurants. Shopping at Oakbrook and Yorktown is just as satisfying as heading down to North Michigan avenue. Drury Lane theater and the MAC center at the College of DuPage provide great entertainment and if you pay attention, North Central College and Elmhurst University have any number of terrific shows throughout the year.
So, play it safe. Unless it is absolutely a moral imperative, I would say a trip into Chicago is a needless tempt of fate. Forget about it.
Don Lass
Oswego
Wrong message on illigal immigration
Janet Lumm's Nov. 27 letter, "A test on immigration," sends the wrong message regarding illegal immigration.
Yes, illegal immigrant advocates most likely sing a different tune if they were required to financially support those who enter this country illegally, but we shouldn't have this conversation in the first place given that we are a sovereign nation founded on the rule of law. Under no circumstances should we be willing to "accept," i.e. reward, those who have disrespected both.
Our decades-old, federally-created immigration crisis made many times worse by Joe Biden is the result of millions of Americans who for years have failed in their duty to hold accountable the "law makers" they elected to represent them.
If you accept illegal immigration, then you reject this republic's founding principles for which more than 1 million Americans in uniform have died defending. There is far more to responsible citizenship than getting teary-eyed on Memorial Day, waving the American Flag on July 4, and thanking veterans for their service on Nov. 11.
Dave Gorak, Executive Director
Midwest Coalition to Reduce Immigration
La Valle, Wisconsin