Letters to the Editor
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Tollway is living up to its poor imageApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - When the toll highway authority launched its $5.5 billion expansion plan in 2004, it was sold to the public based on a reformed image of accountability and a sleek I-PA...
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Just what kind of change, Obama?Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. Barack Obama keeps calling for change, but I have yet to hear how or what. Like it or not, he is also part of the system in Washington, D.C. If he is and has been s...
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Beef has impact on the environmentApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - With all our talk about eco-friendly products and carbon blueprints, why don't we hear more from the media about a larger impact on the environment -- beef? In the U.S....
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Citizens have earned their Social SecurityApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - When "Social Security" was introduced it was to act as a measure to assist the American citizen. It was intended to be a " fail safe" secured savings account for workers...
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How could Obama support Stroger?Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The media has been in an uproar lately concerning Barack Obama's judgment related to Reverend Wright and his real estate dealings with Tony Rezko. Well, consider his jud...
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Bottled water has an important roleApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - We respect Beth Bales' campaign to increase Aurora's efforts to be environmentally responsible (Daily Herald, April 20). We share those same goals, but ask that readers ...
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Governor should free autism fundsApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - In honor of Autism Awareness Month in April, I strongly urge the governor to release $2.5 million to The Autism Program of Illinois, or TAP. During the FY08 budget negot...
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How, exactly, do we make such demands?Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - How do we, the people, demand? Your editorial rebuke, "Until they (the public) demand -- and public servants of character deliver -- proof of how the rules are being ch...
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Toll of abortions reaches beyond warApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Tragic losses. Lives of American soldiers lost in Iraq, 4,000. Babies in America, 50 million, since Jan. 22, 1973. John Beecken Bartlett ...
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U of I officials not as kind to studentsApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The University of Illinois president and trustees increased their athletic director's salary by $75,000 plus a $100,000 bonus so that he might join the million dollar sa...