Letters to the Editor
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Credit BG for the effort, at leastApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I have read a few letters criticizing the actions of Buffalo Grove on the recent water scare. Rather than constructive criticism, all I read is complaining. If you are s...
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Perspectives alter views of race debateApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The historic facts Rev. Jeremiah Wright spoke about are indisputable, more right than wrong. They have been stated many times before: By Frederick Douglass on the 4th o...
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My opinion not wanted by Dist. 25Apr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - So I heard a lot of discussion about air conditioning in the schools here in District 25. Some people have the attitude that sure I use the air in my car or in my house ...
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Honor a vet when you buy a poppyApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Poppy Days are approaching -- it's not too soon to talk about it. Around each Memorial Day, you may recall seeing volunteers standing on street corners or outside of sto...
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Please reconsider cuts to fine artsApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm just sickened over the fact that District 214 is planning to cut out many of the fine arts programs. I am a proud alumni of Hersey High School and my husband of Whee...
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Chicago kids need more safe havensApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Anti-gun rallies, testimony by high profile personalities and aggressive policing can only do so much to prevent tragedies such as the senseless gang-related killings th...
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Students deserve full-time teacherApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Last night our family attended the high school and middle school Orchestra Festival at John Hersey High School. Our daughter is a freshman at Hersey and a member of the ...
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Hersey orchestra deserves FT leaderApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I attended the District 214 school board meeting April 3. My son is a freshman at John Hersey High School involved in Concert Orchestra and Jazz Orchestra. We made a dec...
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Another tax hike not the answerApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A few weeks ago it was the Stroger machine digging into the working family's pocket. Now it is our elected legislators in Springfield. Instead of being more fiscally res...
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Will told only part of red, blue giving storyApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - In his March 2 "Bleeding hearts, but tight fists," George Will attempts to advance the preposterous notion that higher rates of charitable giving by conservatives confi...