Letters to the Editor
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Sigwalt supports Ritter for presidentJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - For the past 10 years, I have been both fortunate and honored to serve the voters of Carpentersville as one of your trustees. I've enjoyed the interaction I've had with ...
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America is ready to focus on issuesJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - I was truly amazed and deeply saddened after reading the letter from the Arlington Heights high schoolteacher who went to her students to ridicule our president-elect be...
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Traditional markets don't apply to oilJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Paraphrasing Thoreau: Fence Post Letters have been hacking at the branches of evil oil prices but none have struck at the roots. Supply and demand economics works with c...
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April election is chance for changeJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - On Friday, Jan. 9th I had a precinct committeeman knock on my door with a petition. He said it was to keep the people in office that work in Vernon Hills. I asked what h...
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Illinois politics now in driver's seatJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - The Cheshire cat of Illinois politics, Roland Burris, has room for another etching on his granite mausoleum, which he has erected in Chicago's Oak Woods Cemetery. The ma...
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Constitutional clarificationJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Mr. Swearingen incorrectly quoted the constitution regarding Obama and Clinton being eligible for their new offices. The constitution actually says, "No Senator or Repr...
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Incompetence is already showingJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - It is bad enough to have your candidates beaten into the turf by a machine driven by corruption and political weasels, but now we must endure the events of the last mont...
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Education is most important qualityJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - I was saddened to hear Bobby Rush make the Senator replacement fiasco even worse by making it a race issue, saying that we must replace an African-American with another ...
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Affordable housing means higher taxesJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Darlene Bakk states in her post recently that affordable housing in Geneva will not increase taxes. That is unlikely; and while the goal is admirable, the money it will ...
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I'll take a pass on your toastJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - I would like to respond to Mary Maryland's "Anniversary toast for a smoke-free state." Enjoy your toast while you can. Alcohol kills tens of thousands of people per ye...