Letters to the Editor
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Our community colleges need aidNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I write to express concerns from the Illinois Community College Trustees Association regarding state funding for community college districts. Illinois state funding for ...
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Thanks for help on career nightNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Kudos to our community for turning out for the second annual "Glimpse of the Future Career Night" for D303 middle-schoolers on Oct. 30. About 250 students participated i...
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Why even publish this story at all?Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Why did the Daily Herald feel the need to print this story about the Shermans' lawsuit on the moment of silence? Is it because of the response that the last story about ...
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Housing market on local level is strongNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - In its recent article on national trends in the housing industry (Oct. 27, Associated Press, "Worse before it improves … All things housing predicted to fall: prices, sa...
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Moment of truth for Condoleezza RiceNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Americans saw the first moment of truth for a member of the Bush war cabinet at a recent hearing of the House Foreign Relations Committee. As Secretary of State Condolee...
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Cannot ignore IQ differences in schoolNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Your extensive series on the plight and future of public education in Illinois excludes the discussion of an important aspect. Could long-established standard IQ differe...
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History instructs Gov. BlagojevichNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois politicians usually get away with small tax hikes, but raising the Illinois state income tax has proven to be a political kiss of death. State legislators and g...
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No good reason for such high taxesNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Taxes and more taxes; when is enough -- enough? Government is rotting from the inside out because local officials lack the will for budgetary restraint: It is this level...
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Help MainStreet keep its work aliveNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Life Without MainStreet Libertyville-sponsored events? For this Libertyville "lifer" and her family, it would be unimaginable. I was recently chatting with a friend, wh...
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Let's tighten school testing standardsNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I read a very good article in the Wall Street Journal on Oct 5 about the "No Child Left Behind" educational program. The idea that every child must become "proficient" i...