Letters to the Editor
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Why do we even need Cook County?Apr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - As recently as 25 years ago, there was still a great deal of open space and farmland within the boundaries of Cook County. Back then, if you lived in an unincorporated ...
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It's time for a flat and simple taxApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Just in time for April 15, here is my tax reform plan. I call it the flat and simple tax. It would be an optional alternative plan. You can continue to file the current ...
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Lawmakers showed courage in votesApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Last November, the DuPage County Board was forced to increase the property tax levy in order to ensure critical public safety and human service programs were able to ope...
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Fireplace smoke infringes on others<Apr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Vicky Hilden of Arlington Heights writes and says she believes burning wood in her fireplace is her right as part of her pursuit of liberty. I was a child when I first ...
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Quotes should have exposed HadleyApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - I find it quite offensive that you (or the AP, since that's where you got this article) chose to manipulate Stephen Hadley's quotes such that you didn't make clear that ...
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Red-light cameras are anti-AmericanApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It amazes me that someone with the level of ignorance illustrated by Mayor Saccomanno of Wauconda towards the constitution and the founding tenets of this great nation c...
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State budget impasse must be resolvedApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently I joined with my colleagues in the state Senate to pass a plan for ending the bitter budget debate that has plagued Springfield for the better part of a year no...
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Fireplaces are part of enjoying homeApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading recent letters responding to Mr. Dubinski's call for banning wood burning fireplaces, maybe he can contribute to those neighbors he deems are polluting his...
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Schools invite gay advocates, not GodApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Doesn't anyone see the irony of our state legislators kicking God out of classes, (although, lacking moral courage, they call it a moment of silence) while welcoming wit...
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Bowing to Blalark a sad state of affairsApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Let me preface this letter by saying I'm no fan of Carpentersville Trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski, who has attempted to push illegal aliens on her community. But I thin...