Letters to the Editor
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Electoral College remains relevantApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Recent letters by readers and many others since the 2000 election have challenged the existence of the Electoral College. Most strike a theme such as Mr. Kevin Martin'...
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Tip of iceberg on state pension issueApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - In its April 2 editorial the Herald rightly warned of the impending police and firemen's pension shortfall that will impact taxpayers negatively over the coming years. H...
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Give people chance to cast vote on warApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The first line in Kat Zeman's article, "Iraq war opinions will stay off towns' ballots," is: "Voters in Bloomingdale and Downers Grove townships will not be asked for th...
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Gas prices need to come down -- nowApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Everyone stop working! Stop going shopping; stop everything until prices come down to a realistic level. As a society we have to do something to make our voices heard. ...
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Shooting of cougar was outrageousApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - I am extremely outraged by the fact that the heroic officers of the police force found it necessary to kill the cougar. If these fine upstanding police officers felt th...
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Story buried reason for visitApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Your April 18 story, "Mexico officials pay visit to area," is another sorry example of how the media goes out of their way to paint a rosy picture of illegal immigration...
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Lack of civility at gun violence forumApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - My wife and I attended the Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence forum in Naperville on April 14 at the NIU campus. The purpose of the meeting was to focus on what...
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A large silence on illegal immigrationApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Boy, am I relieved. I must have been "sleeping at the switch" lately because I just realized our national leaders have solved a problem that has been bugging me for a l...
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Pols distract us with 'climate crisis'Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The title says it all when listening to politicians and their views. During this election cycle, I thought there would be some one or group that would actually do somet...
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Cougar should've been captured aliveApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - I read that several officers pumped six rounds into this poor cougar? Can I find out how many times this animal was shot? In the paper, it said the officers were "ch...