Letters to the Editor
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Politicians should be ashamedAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Between the immigration fiasco and our politicians' desire to make the U.S.A. peacemaker to the rest of the world, our country has dug a hole that it's never going to ge...
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Second bridge not a good optionAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The Batavia City Council is studying, again, the second bridge option for Batavia. According to city statistics, over 70 percent of Batavians want a second bridge. What ...
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State should ban driving while textingAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - When can Illinois be a leader and not a follower? How many more avoidable accidents, injuries and deaths must occur before the General Assembly bans the use of wireless ...
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Media can help reduce suicide riskAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - We were deeply saddened by the death of Nimisha Tiwari and her children and extend our sympathies to the Tiwari family and Nimisha's parents. When lives end as a result ...
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Executive orders have no placeAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The founding fathers created a way to make and maintain laws. The Congress makes a law. The courts interpret that law. And the Executive Department enforces the provisio...
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State must invest in its infrastructureAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Like cash-strapped parents faced with finding new income sources or trimming household spending to pay college tuition for their children, our state lawmakers face tough...
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Bush has made shambles of U.SAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Since the time we have had George W. Bush and his cronies in office, he has made a shambles of America. He put us in deep debt to China and other countries to keep the w...
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Thanks from family for finding childAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - "Nana, I need a Band-Aid," was the sound my mother awoke to Saturday, July 28. The sound of her grandchild's voice was music to her ears. After tending to the two-year ...
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Proof of failure of socialized medicineAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The Associated Press reports that on Aug. 17, a set of quadruplets was born in Grand Forks, Montana. This multiple birth -- identical quadruplets -- was said to be one ...
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Calling children 'kids' isn't wrongAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Daniel Denys (Fence Post, Aug. 25) criticizes Naperville's school superintendents for using the word "kids" to refer to the district's students. He considers the word so...