Letters to the Editor
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Letter on teacher salaries off baseSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: This letter is to take issue with the defamatory inaccuracies perpetuated by Mr. Steve Safley's recent letter attacking the teachers of District 211. His ...
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Morris has backing of many veteransSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - I want the candidates opposing Kirk Morris in the election to know that he has the support of veterans like myself in the 8th district. I am a veteran Marine who's serve...
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Aurora facility will offer help to manySep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The "right to life" protesters just don't get it. For whatever reason at a given point in time, there has been and always will be a population of women everywhere in the...
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Abortion is legal, dog fights are notSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - This is in response to the Sept. 18 letter headlined "Inconsistencies are disturbing." Why are people making the comparison of dog fighting to abortion? Dog fighting is ...
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9/11 memories still vivid in her mindSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Sept. 11, 2001, will be burned in my memory forever, and I'm sure this is quite true for all Americans. I recall turning on the television, and a sense of fear and dread...
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We have become a debtor nationSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Thank you Charles Firth (Sept. 14) -- you were very close on a number of points related to our purchase of off-shore made products. Many Americans have jobs related to t...
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Time to demand troop withdrawalSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Seven out of 10 Americans now know that the war in Iraq was wrong, and they want our involvement to end. Therefore, seven out of 10 readers of this letter should call or...
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Every hospital needs hospice unitSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - I am compelled to write this letter because my husband recently passed away in a local hospital. I was appalled at the lack of care he received during his last days of l...
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Hiking tax on gas is good energy policySep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The Oct. 25 issue of "The Economist" devoted several articles to "The End of the Oil Age," the Middle East and the United States energy policy. According to their resear...
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Retiree can't bear District 301 tax billSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - I am requesting a reduction of my school taxes via my county property taxes for the following reasons: 1. This year's school tax was $6,370. This is 70 percent of my pro...