Letters to the Editor
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Property taxes add to mortgage crisisApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Much has been written recently about rising home mortgages in the face of the credit crisis and adjustable rate mortgages and the like. But overlooked in the discussion ...
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Will we ever end state corruption?Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I am appalled at the recent testimony and ongoing trial of Mr. Rezko. It seems that in Illinois politics, you can change the person, you can change the party yet you st...
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Help us celebrate early learning effortsApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As the senior vice president of Elgin Day Care Center, a program of Kids Hope United, I have witnessed just how important early-learning programs are. Children who atte...
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Replace the income tax with a fair taxApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I heard a radio talk-show host talking about an idea that I initially thought was so off the wall as to be ludicrous. He was urging his listeners to buy a book and, intr...
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Columnist right about P.C. speechApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to say that I am in agreement with Chris Bailey's April 13 column. I would like to add that I do not see any wording in the original writing of the First A...
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Not acting in the spirit of democracyApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - While democratic procedures may have been followed at the Downers Grove Township Annual Meeting of April 8, my experience is that the spirit of democracy was not. Those ...
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Obama's support of Stroger disturbingApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - More disturbing to me than Obama's ties to Rev. Wright were his actions at the election eve rally for Todd Stroger in 2006. At the time, Obama was not an announced cand...
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Why are Illinois' roads so bad?Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A recent front-page Herald article entitled "Roadwork" triggers some observations regarding our travels between northwest suburbia and Florida's gulf coast. Of all the ...
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Call illegal aliens what they areApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Thought of the day: Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist." Robert Parker Buffalo Grove ...
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Where is support from Iraqi public?Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I read that 1,300 Iraqi soldiers and policemen were dismissed for desertion in the fighting of Shiite militias in Basra. That sounds like a lot for one battle. I know I...