Letters to the Editor
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How could Obama put integrity first?Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - How ironic that you advise Obama to "put qualification and integrity first in selecting your advisers" ... since he was the least qualified (one year in the Senate) and ...
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Consumers needed to drive economyNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - I am encouraged by the fact that we have an opportunity to move past this difficult time in our nation's history. The key to building a strong economy begins with the Am...
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Regard for life sorely neededNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - While waiting at a government office, two government officials were discussing when life starts. I was interested in the one official's belief that a full-term baby tha...
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Change this cruel property tax systemNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Now that the legislators in Washington agree to spend billions on a Wall Street bailout, our own representatives in Springfield must work on property tax relief for Illi...
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Happy to vote no one more timeNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - In response to Wendy Nadiau's Nov. 9 letter, I would like to say that most people have a good reason for the way they choose to vote. It is about time that our taxing d...
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The election's over; it's time to move onNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - In response to the letter from Ms. Pontarelli (Nov. 11): If we were to list all the peccadillos of the Republican and Democrats, I am afraid that it would fill up weeks ...
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Does Obama know any normal people?Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - A recent letter in Fence Post referred to Bill Ayers as "a distinguished professor." Distinguished? Just two years ago, he was with Hugo Chavez in Venezuela praising hi...
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Teaching sex ed to kindergartnersNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - So, Sarah Palin says the allegations in the news about her aren't true. To quote her: "If there are allegations based on questions or comments that I made in debate prep...
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Celebrate non-mud-slinging electionNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Finally, a presidential election night result with no "hanging chads" and no reason to contest it. We can all celebrate that. It was too much of a landslide by too much...
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DUI license plates make senseNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Here is my thought: people who have been convicted of DUI should be required to use special license plates reflecting their record. A politically loaded proposition, I g...