Letters to the Editor
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Never notified of DCHS open houseOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Regarding the Oct. 15 article titled, "A tale of two open houses." The story on the Sunday open houses at Jacobs and Dundee-Crown High Schools left me wondering who set ...
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Bailing out Chicago transit systems nutsOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - I am very much against a bailout from Springfield of the transportation system for Chicago and the surrounding area. Most of the time when I see a Pace bus, there are an...
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Misrepresenting child health planOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Rep. Peter Roskam voted against expansion of the State's Children's Health Insurance Program, and when I asked his office why, I was told there would be an expansion in ...
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Humanitarian tragedy in BurmaOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Many people are aware of humanitarian tragedies in Africa, but much less is known about the human rights meltdown in Burma, (Myanmar). Recently there has been disturbing...
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Relaxed standards betray public trustOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Your editorial "Are standardized tests doing the job" (Oct. 12) raised a serious question. We know, for instance, from its public pronouncements that the ISBE has dumbed...
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Eradicating Mason symbols is wrongOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - I think it is sad that a church would feel so threatened by another civic organization -- especially one with such a long history of benevolence as the Masons -- that th...
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Stossel is incorrect about health careOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Syndicated columnist John Stossel continually shows a complete lack of understanding about the health-care system and allows his libertarian leanings to interfere with r...
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An odd notion of what's newsworthyOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - You put a Cubs pep rally on the front page, but the news that our new military strategy in Iraq may actually be working is hidden on page 2. Time for the Herald to get i...
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Kirk should lead effort to overrideOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Children are defenseless and vulnerable. They cannot speak out on their own behalf for their health care needs. Therefore, I am asking as an advocate for them, that Mark...
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Maybe these folks should not be paidOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Perhaps the governor , legislature's and their staff should work for free until they pass a budget. This way they can pay the troopers who perform a service that is irre...