Letters to the Editor
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Take country back from the despotsFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - It is time for us to take our government back from despots. They run the country like it's their personal club with no regard to truth or possibility of endangering our ...
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Use tax-free bonds to spur economyFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The State of the Union address sounded reasonably good until one applies a reality check. The U.S. dollar is in free fall, gold passed $900 per ounce, the unnecessary B...
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Where is Kirk's support for vets?Feb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Congressman Mark Kirk professes to be a staunch supporter of veterans. Unfortunately, his efforts to initiate legislation benefiting veterans do not back up his claims....
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It's irresponsible to spend every last centFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Read your editorial and couldn't help but think of the irony of the current economic situation with everyone spending all they have and money they don't. Here is the Kan...
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Gun control didn't work in Orland ParkFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The Tinley Park mall shooting is certainly an unfolding nightmarish tragedy but not wholly unpredictable. These victims, like all law-abiding victims before them and tho...
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Economic stimulus package flawedFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - In a recession, the most vulnerable people, the people who need the most immediate assistance, are folks who have lost their jobs. Could any fact be plainer, even to pol...
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Legislators focus on what's good for themFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - I am really getting tired of our state and federal legislators. It seems that these people only care first, about assuring their own re-election; and secondly, that thei...
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Speak plainly about U-46's cost sourceFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - As a taxpayer I would appreciate down-to-Earth, straight talk on the Elgin Area School District U-46 budget. Don't tell me there has been a tremendous increase in the co...
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Knowing difference isn't prejudiceFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - There is nothing prejudiced about wanting anyone who enters our country or city or town to enter it legally. What is so hard to understand? Illegal is not legal and we h...
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Disparity in group's words and its aimsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - In reading the article about Speak Out Against Prejudice (SOAP), the group said it was in support of the law. Yet they seem to be willing to allow people in this countr...