Letters to the Editor
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Why does U.S. treat churches differently?Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Cult religions are unacceptable to the citizens of the USA if they involve polygamy or residential compounds. However, if a religion has a pastor who spews hatred and r...
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Use county cash on feral cat problemApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in regards to the April 3 view, "Take responsibility when taking a pet." What a wonderful world this would be if people would be more responsible. I encounter ir...
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Tax system is hard to understandApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to Walter Kubalanza, Grant Township Assessor ("High taxes aren't the assessor's fault," April 3), the other side of your letter about property assessments as...
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Police deserve pension benefitsApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - I am one of the future "do nothing" pensioners that you refer to (Our View, April 2) as I am a police officer with 19 years of service to my municipality. The state of ...
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Big business poses the real problemApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - How naive are these so-called environmentalists who write into this publication? They promote the use of things like electricity and natural gas as an alternative to woo...
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Gas prices aren't really out of whackApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Every day, I read about gas prices being too high and that they might get to $4 per gallon. When I got my drivers license in 1980, gas prices were about $1.25 per gallo...
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Allow a vote on recall measureApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - State Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson, you need to stand up for the people of Illinois, not Rod Blagojevich, and allow the Recall Amendment a vote by the Senate....
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Some ideas for our state legislatorsApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - I recently read a newspaper article that a congressman or senator of the State of Illinois in the Peoria area is recommending a change in the tax rates for people who ea...
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Any real point to erroneous numbers?Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The April 1 article about the impact of Earth Hour was most interesting. However, in the writer's desire to be a "greenie," the math was hard to understand. He said the ...
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Humans are leaving 'footprint'Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - There has been continuing comment on global warming. Some say that human activity is the cause. Others say climate change is cyclical, always has been and always will be...