Letters to the Editor
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Special prayers for the ShermansDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - I don't like reading about Rob and Dawn Sherman's interpretation that a moment of silence means all students are expected to pray. So I did something that I wish all Ch...
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Melt guns down, hold a bake saleDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - I cannot believe Carpentersville's village board. Though I often disagree with Presidant Bill Sarto, I am on his side over the possible gun sales. Police departments all...
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Reporting needed, not entertainmentDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - If the Dec. 15 reporting on the 14th Congressional District candidate forum in St. Charles is an example of what the media has become, an entertainment industry, it exp...
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Sharpton's threat to Olympic bidDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - The Rev. Al Sharpton has threatened to lobby worldwide against Chicago's application to host the 2016 Olympics unless the city complies with his list of actions to thwar...
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Blagojevich acts as 'imperial governorDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Governor Blagojevich's flagrant use of taxpayer-owned aircraft for non-business purposes evokes all kinds of thoughts. First, how tone deaf can someone be to the mood o...
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Crack down on lead paint scandalDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Lead paint and glass shards are a horror. How ironic that we should be discussing this danger as urgent days before Christmas, which is children's day with new toys. But...
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The quandary of waterboardingDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Before Congress and/or the U.S. public makes a decision on waterboarding and other forms of interrogation of terrorists that the Bush administration has said is necessar...
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Let public transit pay its own wayDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Over the last few months, the politicians in Springfield have been holding "special sessions" to budget supplemental funding for the CTA, Pace and Metra to cover their o...
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We're destroying Santa's Toy ShopDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - In an age where money means almost everything and status nearly that, what have we wrought on our future generations? In a time when virtual prurient political pursuits...
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Thanks go out to good SamaritanDec 19, 2007 10:00 pm - This letter is to thank the good Samaritan who took the time to leave a note on our car while we were shopping at the Jewel in Buffalo Grove, telling us that our left fr...