Letters to the Editor
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Planning chief showed the value of talentAug 22, 2024 4:00 am - While it may not catch headlines, the impending retirement of Arlington Heights Director of Planning and Community Development Charles Witherington-Perkins is significant...
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Hopes for GOP sinkingAug 22, 2024 4:00 am - This letter is a response to Kathy Salvi’s guest commentary on Monday. I am a Republican. I was a precinct captain, a delegate to the 2016 and 2020 state conventions, and...
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Lottery questionAug 20, 2024 4:18 pm - I have no reason to doubt Harold Hayes, director of the Illinois Department of the Lottery, when he wrote in his Aug. 19 Guest View that “since 1985, the Illinois lottery...
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Harris’ positions can be easily foundAug 20, 2024 4:18 pm - The latest national polls show VP Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump. VP Harris has not sat for an interview or given a press conference since she announced her candidacy...
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Choose wiselyAug 20, 2024 10:45 am - Choosing a president should not be a popularity contest. One is not voting for your high school freshman class president or for the king/queen of the homecoming celebrati...
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Pass a state law to ban wildlife killing contestsAug 20, 2024 10:44 am - Coyotes and foxes are our highly intelligent and social wild neighbors. They’re also the unfortunate victims of wildlife killing contests, which take place in January and...
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Glad to be alive, thanks to trooperAug 20, 2024 10:43 am - Fifty-five years ago, I was lucky to be alive. I had a blowout on the toll road at 90 mph, slid across all the lanes and almost off the steep embankment. It was night, be...
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Columnist either too cute or delusionalAug 20, 2024 10:43 am - Debra Saunders’ recent column expressing surprise and dismay by Trump’s undisciplined behavior is laughable. Really? Anyone who’s surprised by Trump’s behavior is either ...
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What’s taken her so long?Aug 20, 2024 10:42 am - I’ve been watching Kamala Harris campaigning and exclaiming how she has plans to fix inflation, secure the border, etc. That’s great news, but isn’t she the vice presiden...
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Condemnation not necessary for projectAug 20, 2024 10:40 am - “Ambitious overhaul” headline, Page 1, Daily Herald, Aug. 10, is important news. Plans are moving forward to build new much-needed facilities for the Forest Preserve Dist...