Letters to the Editor
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Can't stop traffic; rather, control itJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - In March 2008, after hearing news about the Towne Center project in St. Charles, I wrote to City Administrator Brian Townsend to express concerns about traffic. I heard ...
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Watching Durbin makes him dizzyJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Sen. Durbin, Illinois' chief flip-flopper, has taken more positions, in less time, on Roland Burris' appointment to Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat than a contortion...
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Congress has a bad track recordJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - I recently read where the politicians in Washington built a visitor center for the tourists who come to the Capitol. The original estimate for this center came in at $71...
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Are we sliding down a slippery slope?Jan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - As Inauguration Day approaches on Jan. 20, my concerns are many. But of greatest concern is Obama's proposed $1 trillion stimulus plan aimed at jump starting the economy...
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Governor has history of improper actionsJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - There are other reasons to impeach the governor. The governor, by executive order, forced pharmacists to fill morning after abortion pill prescriptions even if the phar...
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People need bailout, not the banksJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Where is the bailout for all of us who have listened to our "leaders" and taken our hard-earned money and put it into 401(ks) so we could have additional income when we ...
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Let's give Burris a chance to serveJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - The title of an article in the Daily Herald Dec. 31, 2008, reads, "Burris embarrasses his good name." Before I go off on this article let's think about for a moment and ...
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Blagojevich outwits all the DemocratsJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I am no fan of the governor, but at least he did something, instead of everyone else grandstanding in front of microphones. Governor Blagojevich laid it out to the Democ...
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How do you know it's a hate crime?Jan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I want to thank Roger Bianco for his enlightening letter to the Fencepost. Many of us have often wondered what constituted a hate crime; now we know. I used to think a c...
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Bible, science are compatibleJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - I thought the recent letter by Mrs. Kleckner was very interesting. Creationism is only one religion's view on how humans and our world came to be. Humans do deserve to ...