Letters to the Editor
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Poll's assumptions insulting, ignorantOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading the recent AP-Yahoo News Poll that found that 1/3 of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks, I found it presumptuous that the poll suggests th...
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High price to pay for unfaithfulnessOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - As a child of the '60s, I remember all the talk about free love and the flower children made it look like everybody was doing it. The thought of celibacy, chastity and f...
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Class sizes linked to educational successOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Class size has a direct impact on the educational opportunities provided to our children. Proper class sizes provide engaged learning activities in the classroom and a...
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Disconnect on property tax billOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Having just received my Cook County property tax bill for the second installment, I nearly fell over. I was shocked to see that my taxes had increased by just over 20 pe...
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Con Con the start of better governmentOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - This year Illinois voters will have the opportunity to commence the process to review our state constitution, which was drafted 40 years ago. The opponents of a "yes" vo...
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Federal bailout has the look of a con jobOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I am 71. I remember the "Great Society." I remember the outcry over the amount of money the welfare mothers were stealing. Those thefts were a like a spit in the ocean c...
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Gentes 'deeply regrets' lie about jobOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - On Monday morning when I met with the Daily Herald editorial board I told those present that I was on a leave of absence from my last job, when in reality I had been ter...
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It's time to tell the truthOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Lipstick on a lie. At the Saddleback Church, John McCain was quoted as saying, "Our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian values and principles." Does he, or we as a nat...
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D303 schools didn't fall apart all at onceOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I have a question for St. Charles District 303: How did we get here? More specifically, how can you possibly allow buildings to require repairs approaching the cost of a...
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Federal officials were malfeasantOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The public regulators did not regulate, the public supervisors did not supervise, the public overseers did not oversee. The failure on the part of our federal governme...