Letters to the Editor
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Teachers deserve credit, not scornSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: In response to Mr. Safley's letter of Sept. 17: If you are going to praise the District 211 leader for keeping teachers in line for wanting more money, th...
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Disenfranchised by Dept. of JusticeSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - I was "disenfranchised" when I read that the U.S. Department of Justice sued Kane County for violating voting rights of Hispanics because last November polling places op...
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Democrats must stop enabling Bush, GOPSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - After Republican senators obstructed passage of a bill allowing soldiers equal time in the U.S. to their time served in Iraq, I feel it is time to ratchet up the Democra...
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More gambling is not the answerSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - "What were they thinking?" The senators who voted for the three new mega casinos, additional slot machines for existing casinos and account deposit wagering from any ele...
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Casino revenue is a false promiseSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Once again our legislators plan to introduce bills calling for new casinos when they come back to Springfield next week. They are chasing the illusion that gambling can ...
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Questions for the proud, ordainedSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - James Fuller, in his recent story about the Reverend Jay Johnson, "Proud to be ordained and homosexual," captured a couple of key issues. First, the idea of relationship...
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Keep government out of health careSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - This in regard to the Aug. 15 letter, "Universal health care can work" by James P. Jones. I am not in favor of any universal health care run by our government. I think p...
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Word missing from political dictionarySep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - It's election time and you guessed it. Candidates are making all kinds of promises. However, no candidate has promised to reduced congressional or federal spending by ho...
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Copy editors fail to make the gradeSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Jim Slusher's Sept. 20 letter to the readers raises the issue of the sometimes illogical spelling and grammatical rules of our English language. While I fully appreciate...
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Don't let bladder cancer be ignoredSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Celebrities such as Lance Armstrong and most recently ABC News anchor Robin Roberts have humanized the topic of cancer. But one form of the disease is often ignored. Bla...