Letters to the Editor
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Urgency needed to hunt oil alternativeDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - We need an alternative to oil today, not five years from now. With crude oil selling in the area of $100 a barrel, and expected to rise, what are we doing with the only...
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Don't use casino money for budgetDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Is casino money the answer to the state's budget woes? Not according to economics professor John Kindt of the University of Illinois. His in-depth study concludes: for e...
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Held hostage by environmentalistsDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - With the cost of a barrel of crude fast approaching $100 a barrel, I have to ask my fellow Americans when it will be enough for you to do something about it? While I am ...
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Elk Grove must ban wood smokeDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Soaring asthma and autism rates in our cities correspond with skyrocketing fine particulate pollution, caused mostly by vehicle exhaust and wood smoke. When fine partic...
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Incorporation a ploy and nothing's freeDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - In response to all the people of Campton Township who feel they need to add another level of government to our lives. I was born in Campton Township in 1935 and lived he...
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An uneven field for state charter schoolsDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Charter public schools have been among the brightest lights on the state's educational landscape for the last decade. Yet complacency and special interests continue to s...
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An abortion should not be convenienceDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - The author of the Nov. 12 letter "If only men could become pregnant" states that it says in Genesis 2:7 "that you become a living soul when you begin to breathe." She ...
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Teacher pay debate rooted in economyDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - I find it entertaining to read the letters from teachers defending their difficult job and reasonably high salaries. With all their degrees they hold, they seem not have...
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Ask boat owners about Chain speedDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - I read Lee Filas' report in the Daily Herald on Nov. 29, about Fox Waterway Agency officials holding discussions on speed restrictions on the Chain O'Lakes to reduce noi...
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Some thoughts on First Street projectDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - I got on my electric "scooter" (i.e. wheelchair) the other day and went around looking at the First Street project. You see so much more when you can stop and stare, whi...