Letters to the Editor
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Lisle rec center a 'Cadillac' planOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I think the Lisle Park District referendum is asking us to buy a Cadillac when a Chevy would get us where we need to go. I find myself questioning some aspect of and rat...
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Fix for schools starts with local candidatesOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The power to change schools right here at home Grow the Economy. Build a better future for our children. Compete for the jobs of the 21st Century. No, this isn't a pres...
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Democrats care for country first, tooOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - If the Republican Party is all about "country first," why does the Democratic candidate for president, Barack Obama, have an unprecedented number of supporters who are w...
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Fair Tax would be fair, simple solutionOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I have recently learned about the Fair Tax Act, placed in front of Congress on July 14, 1999. If enacted, the Fair Tax would eliminate federal income taxes. People wou...
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Abstinence still what schools should teachOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The letter writer from Ingleside (Fence Post, Sept. 12, 2008) who took such delight in writing about the supposed failure of abstinence-only education because of the pre...
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Sweden has solution for economic crisisOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The Swedes faced a similar crisis in the early '90s and managed it by nationalizing the insolvent banks and gaining public equity in them. This had the advantage of wipi...
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No help for seniors and retireesOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Seniors, beware. Do you know how your Congressman Peter Roskam voted on issues that affect retirees? He voted "no" on the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Ac...
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McCain, Palin just more of the sameOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Presidential candidates want the opportunity to look presidential and give the voters a glimpse of their governing style. The present economic crisis has given the peopl...
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No honor, no character remainsOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Gerry Marchese (Fence Post, Oct. 5) conveniently ignored the fact that Sen. Barack Obama in no way referenced his "lipstick on a pig" comment at Gov. Sarah Palin. He al...
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Debt will lead to tax increasesOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - How can both presidential candidates be talking about tax cuts with our country already mired in intolerable debt even before the planned buying of $700 billion or more ...