Letters to the Editor
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Democrats must battle despotismNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - I believe that historians will look back on the next few weeks in American history as a watershed, as the opportunity for Democrats to either restore legitimate constitu...
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Stay incorporated, keep local controlNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - As residents of the village of Campton Hills we are free to choose the officials that make our land development and zoning decisions. If we un-incorporate people will st...
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Lane divider ball design looks oddNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - I just noticed the newly designed lane dividers at Dundee Avenue and the Northwest Tollway in Elgin. It would look fine without all those concrete bowling ball-look ali...
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Hoping Illinois can be last on this listNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - With the articles in the news recently on the new coal-fired power plants for our state, without controls to limit or remove carbon dioxide from the exhaust, it is distu...
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Headline belies paper's own storiesNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The headline in the Nov. 9 edition astounded me: "Ring it up for schools," followed by "New homes deliver windfall for District 158." How can the Daily Herald print a h...
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CorrectionNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - An editor's mistake created two errors in the Sunday letter by Shirley Sadjadi of Elgin. It should have read that under the Dream Act, "a student who qualifies would rec...
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Teaching is second most important jobNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - There is one simple fact many people seem to be forgetting when discussing teacher salaries: it is the second most important job in the world. Where would we get life-...
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Village strongly backs MainStreetNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Over this past week there have been several occasions in which individuals have expressly stated that the village board and more specifically the mayor have decided to e...
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Sex ed programs must be completeNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - As I am away studying in Rhode Island, I am surprised by the continuing uproar over the Planned Parenthood clinic in Aurora. The deeper issue, however, is something that...
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Standing up for the right to chooseNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The Planned Parenthood debate prompted me to write a letter to stand up for a woman's right to choose. I am pro-choice, and I have two children whom I love very much. I'...