Letters to the Editor
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Be careful about holiday spendingDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Now is the time that every "worthy?" cause, and every retail/discount store is ramping up to squeeze the last possible dollar out of each American before the last note o...
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Hyde's legacy is that of a hypocriteDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - My lasting memory of the revered Henry Hyde is the photo of the dashing member of the state legislature posing with his married mistress in the 1960s, the revelation of ...
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The church, state issue is explainedDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Many FencePost writers have commented on "separation of church and state" issues in the Herald lately. Here is one which I hope will amuse. Many people question why it ...
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Here's some info on real estate taxesDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Richard Straka (in a Fence Post letter Dec. 10) wanted to know why real estate taxes increased when market prices are going down. Many other people probably have the sam...
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Please, please just let us go own wayDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - As a resident of the Moraines of Campton, one of the many areas that has petitioned to disconnect from the new village of Campton Hills, I attended the morning session o...
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Let's eliminate 'Black Friday' salesDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Lines began forming at about 10 p.m. Thanksgiving evening. By the time the doors opened at 7 or 8 a.m., there were already about 300 people waiting to get the best deals...
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Here's the reality of a fixed incomeDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - This is for teachers and others concerned about their modestly rising benefit contributions and supposedly insufficient pay. Here is a direct quote from the benefits cen...
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BG mayor urges support of ObamaDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Though there are many good and capable people seeking to lead our nation in the current presidential field, good and capable is not good enough. The times dictate that w...
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Torture won't end with foreign POWsDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - America's legislators have given its leaders tacit permission to flout accepted international law by torturing foreign prisoners. Once they have crossed that line, those...
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So soon everyone seems to forgetDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Do the residents of Campton Hills remember the reason our new village was formed? Do they think Patsy Smith decided she could feed at the tax trough if she became the ma...