Letters to the Editor
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Cook County is rife with patronageApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and his loyal Democratic commissioners decided the best way to grapple with the county's budget deficit was not to cut...
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Voters should have their say on warApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - As a voter in Bloomingdale Township I was disappointed that once again my fellow citizens and I will not have the opportunity to consider the question of withdrawal of t...
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Arguing again for a six-year presidentApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Seeing George W. Bush in office for two terms was quite numbing. This is a perfect example of the importance of a proposal that fell on deaf ears many years ago, that ha...
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Go ahead and blame the assessorApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Tax assessor Walter Kubalanza from Grant Township article on March 3 does not tell the truth on how the tax works. He forgot to mention that when the tax rate does not g...
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Shame on Bush for approving tortureApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Well, it seems our President Bush, who professes to be a man of great Christian faith, has now vetoed the bill to prevent water boarding and other forms of torture from ...
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Time to stop the war on townshipsApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - For the second year in a row, DAWN (DuPage Against War Now) failed to muster the troops necessary to place its anti-war question on the ballot via any of the nine DuPage...
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NIU tragedy leaves scar on our soulApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - My husband Tom and I are both NIU grads. It's where we met. The scenes that we watched on TV are of places we have walked many times. In addition, the school where I tea...
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Animal shelter gets government fundsApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Animal shelter gets government funds In a recent article about the need for homes for barn cats at Anderson Animal Shelter, it was mentioned that Anderson receives no go...
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Find better use of the word 'missing'Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - When did the word missing become a destination? In recent years government officials and the media often state that someone has "gone missing." To me that expression imp...
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Let's bring home soldiers nowApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In a few weeks it will be the five-year anniversary of President Bush's landing aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln announcing "Mission Accomplished." Given that pronouncemen...