Letters to the Editor
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Tired of hearing CTA beg for moneySep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - I am sick and tired, as a CTA daily rider, of the CTA complaining that they don't have enough money. Well it's time to raise fares, eliminate routes and run the organiza...
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One way to make school taxes fairerSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - As the trend for households without children increases (47.2 percent in Kane County, 48.9 percent DuPage County), the Daily Herald, (Aug. 29) pointed out a growing conce...
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Yes, 2 a.m. trips sound about rightSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - This letter is in response to Penny Novy, the only person whose time is limited (Fence Post, Sept. 6). We all know who she is. She is the one that rides two inches from ...
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Paratransit needs are being ignoredSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - As we commemorate 9/11 a state of emergency exists in Illinois for mass transit riders, drivers and the disabled. Paratransit riders face life-threatening conditions whe...
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Want A/C? Get year-round schoolsSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - This is in response to the front page headline and article in the Sept. 6 paper, referencing the need for teachers to have air-conditioned rooms, in fact the entire scho...
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Focus on every precious momentSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and wake up to realize that they're asking you a question and you haven't heard a thing they've said? How about driving...
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Craig's best bet is to switch partiesSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Sen. Larry Craig is expected to resign from office for his lewd and perverse conduct in an airport bathroom and is desperately trying to solicit expensive legal help in ...
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Health coverage should expandSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Congress recently voted to expand SCHIP and make affordable health insurance available to millions more kids while also strengthening Medicare. In response, alarmists ha...
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Shopping at 2 a.m. just might be bestSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - My wife and I are retired and we'll be darned if we are going to let Penny Novy (Fence Post Sept. 6, "Let's Try Shopping in Logical Shifts") tell us when we can and when...
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Missing the point on health careSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Reading the Aug. 15 letters to the editor, I had to smile about a response from James P. Jones of Wheaton to my letter a week earlier. The smile came from reading a typi...