Letters to the Editor
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Pay and valueDec 16, 2023 4:41 pm - I distinctly remember arguing with my father in the mid-sixties over the value of a baseball player. At the time $125,000 per year was considered the threshold of greatne...
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O’Connor’s moderating influence missing todayDec 15, 2023 9:35 am - This letter is in response to the Associated Press article that ran in the Daily Herald under the headline “Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Su...
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Trial shows risk of heavy reliance on local taxesDec 08, 2023 12:00 am - The evidence being presented in the Burke trial paints a picture of a politician who is also a member of a law firm heavily involved with appeals of property assessments...
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Village plan gives up too much, too easilyDec 08, 2023 12:00 am - I am opposed to the Arlington Heights Village Board accepting the current urban street plan without any assurance that affordable or senior housing will ever be built, e...
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Biden learns no good deed goes unpunishedDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - It is unfortunate that the American public seems oblivious to the fact that government actions - fiscal or monetary - have long and variable lags between the time an act...
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The 'both sides' issueDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - Jim Slusher's Dec. 1 commentary "Reporting on protests can involve complex questions" properly asks "How ... do we acknowledge both aspects of the story without suggesti...
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Commitment to service gets taken advantage ofDec 06, 2023 12:00 am - On Nov. 29, a Sarah Robertson, a teacher, noted that, though she was dedicated to the profession, the No. 1 priority in her life is her own family and tending to their n...
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Facts on help for homelessDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - In answer to Mr. Buechel's letter to the "Your Views" column of Nov. 29, I would like to say, "Check the facts." Gov. Pritzker's budget for Illinois homeless is "approx...
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Scofflaws defy rules that help keep us all safeDec 05, 2023 12:00 am - I too often observe others and myself breaking the law. There are an abundance of examples. What is going on? Is there a lack of respect for the law or a lack of enforce...
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Military personnel hurt by budget game playingDec 03, 2023 12:00 am - Allow me to express my opinion regarding this continuing situation regarding our Congress not being able to reach a budget on a timely basis. My displeasure is the threa...