Letters to the Editor
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The unfair burden of a driving testAug 05, 2024 12:20 pm - So, here I am once again, at almost 89, faced with yet another driving test. I thought Illinois was making progress in removing this from the books, but alas, I guess we ...
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Ask voters about zoo parkingAug 05, 2024 12:19 pm - I read that the Wheaton City Council decided that they can do what they want pertaining to the Cosley Zoo parking lot. It was never on a ballot as a referendum, so the pe...
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Take care of our planetAug 05, 2024 12:19 pm - I know for certain our planet will recover from any behavior humanity can inflict. We are a little egotistical in thinking humanity, in its current form, can destroy this...
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Megadonors have outsized influenceAug 05, 2024 12:18 pm - Elon Musk has pledged to contribute $45 million a month to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign as the former president shifts from years ridiculing electric vehicles to ...
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Be willing to vote split ticketAug 05, 2024 12:17 pm - Our political climate has been so dysfunctional for the past 10 to 15 years. We are so polarized that we forgot about working together. Believing that all Republicans are...
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Let’s reflect more and react lessAug 05, 2024 12:17 pm - The Aug. 1 Daily Herald featured a column by Jim Slusher reflecting on how vulnerable we all are to the growing misrepresentation and distortion of ideas due to the power...
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Boat-safety hypocrisyAug 05, 2024 12:05 pm - How can officials in Lake and McHenry Counties, not to mention Daily Herald editors and executives, look themselves in the mirror and not see the hypocrisy of their chara...
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Why veterans should register with VAAug 05, 2024 12:05 pm - As a veteran and volunteer editor of the Lake County Veterans Assistance Commission monthly newsletter, I was very interested in seeing Matthew Moeller’s letter about fre...
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Definitely not a plotAug 05, 2024 12:04 pm - A letter writer asked, “Was failure a flop or plot?” regarding the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Really? If it was a “deep-state plot” then the Secret Service an...
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A lie from the ‘border czar’Aug 05, 2024 12:04 pm - Immigration along with the economy and inflation continue to be major political issues in the 2024 presidential elections. Half a dozen House Democrats on Thursday, July ...