Articles filed under Letters to the Editor

• Near tragedy points to driving dangerMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  A Schaumburg letter to the editor: The story in the Herald on March 1 about Kerry Kennedy brought back what happened to me four years ago. I was visiting my sister in Tinley Park, and just before I left to come home I mistakenly took a sleeping pill instead of a pill for high cholesterol but I figured it would not affect me before I got home.
  

   

• Postal retirees don’t get free health benefitsMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  A Mount Prospect letter to the editor: I enjoy reading the letters in the Daily Herald, and I can usually distinguish facts from rants of people who don’t have all the facts, but I had to respond to a Feb. 27 letter by Nick Herman. He said postal workers get great pensions and free health insurance.
  

   

• Abortion proposal protects women, babiesMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  A Palatine letter to the editor: Thank God for conscientious lawmakers like Illinois state Rep. Tom Morrison of Palatine, who is introducing legislation to make abortion clinics safer for pregnant women who feel they have no choice but to end the life beginning within them. He wants to be sure the doctor is available while the women and teenage girls are in recovery, in case of complications.
  

   

• Illinois needs leaders who listenMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  A letter to the editor: Recent times have proven to be very difficult for the average citizen to navigate. Extreme weather, tragically misguided financial situations, failing banks, schools and religious institutions disturb the daily routine and trouble the slumber of night.
  

   

• Term limits needed for lawmakersMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  A letter to the editor: I am not necessarily a supporter of Bruce Rauner as he seeks the Governor's position in Illinois for 2014. I do, however, endorse strongly his recommendation to limit terms in the Illinois legislature.
  

   

• Find other way to finance poolMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  A Roselle letter to the editor: I believe most residents in the area who provide tax dollars to Lake Park High School support a swimming pool. I have for many years. The concern I have is how to pay for the pool. I have voted no to increased taxes to pay for the pool each time a referendum is presented to the taxpayers.
  

   

• Candidate is not phoning it inMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  Glen Ellyn letter to the editor: State Rep. Sandra Pihos has served House District 48 well, and has given much to her community. She has sponsored many events for community members, including events and fairs for veterans and seniors, summer reading programs for children, neighborhood meetings and coffees, informational open houses, and more.
  

   

• Need to change direction in a hurryMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  A Naperville letter to the editor: I want to commend Alexander Lee for the great letter he wrote regarding the “Land of Opportunism.” It was extremely well written and outlined perfectly the general malaise that has become our country.
  

   

• Candidate never voted RepublicanMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  An Elgin letter to the editor Allow me to get the record straight. Republican candidate, 8th Congressional District, Manju Goel and her special interest SuperPAC, Indian Americans for Freedom, have taken her campaign against Larry Kaeifesh straight into the gutter.
  

   

• Candidate will probe state budgetMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  A South Elgin letter to the editor: As a long time member of our community who cares about our future, I want my representative to support my values. Steve Andersson is that person. I know him to be honest, intelligent, thoughtful, persuasive and effective.
  

   

• 2 strong candidates in judges’ racesMar 11, 2014 12:00 AM
  A Yorkville letter to the editor: I strongly support Judge James C. Hallock and Judge Marmarie J. Kostelny for their selection to their respective Circuit Court Judge positions. Both judges went through a rigorous vetting process when they became associate judges.
  

   

• Note about election lettersMar 10, 2014 12:00 AM
  Friday, March 14, is the last day we will publish letters regarding candidates or issues in the March 18 primary.
  

   

• Laws don’t address self-responsibilityMar 10, 2014 12:00 AM
  An Elgin letter to the editor: Regarding your article about dietitians getting “free” education from chip makers, etc. Why does this surprise anyone? This is how our system operates.
  

   

• A fair-minded dispenser of justiceMar 10, 2014 12:00 AM
  An Elgin letter to the editor: I am proud to add my enthusiastic endorsement for the judicial candidacy of Judge James C. Hallock. His many years on the bench have shown him to be a wide, fair-minded dispenser of justice whose gravitas wins the respect of all.
  

   

• How you can help stop opiate abuseMar 10, 2014 12:00 AM
  A Naperville letter to the editor: The ongoing opiate epidemic is destroying our community. Please take a look at the list below for steps you can take to be a part of the solution to this devastating problem.
  

   

• Meth bust highlights flaws in legislationMar 10, 2014 12:00 AM
  An Arlington Heights letter to the editor: The massive meth bust reported in the Herald March 4 (“$1.75 million in meth found during traffic stop”) would seem to call into question the potential effectiveness of the Illinois Senate bill that would require a doctor’s prescription for any drug containing pseudoephedrine, which is a raw material for making meth.
  

   

• Unpaid internships abuse young peopleMar 10, 2014 12:00 AM
  A Rolling Meadows letter to the editor: There needs to be some public discussion and changes made regarding the abuse of internships these days. While we point fingers at unfair labor practices in other countries and poor minimum wage in our own, a young adult with eight years of education behind him or her is regularly being required to serve “internships.”
  

   

• Graduated income tax fairest way to goMar 10, 2014 12:00 AM
  An Elk Grove Village letter to the editor: Your March 5 cover story on the fight for a graduated income tax amendment posed the question in a misleading way, given that poor and middle class residents are already taxed at an effectively higher rate under our current structure. Your headline could have just as easily read, “Will suburbanites pay less with a graduated income tax?”
  

   

• Opponent’s claims untrue in 8th District raceMar 10, 2014 12:00 AM
  A Streamwood letter to the editor: As many have seen in their mailboxes recently, Manju Goel and Indian Americans for Freedom have made baseless attacks against Larry Kaifesh in the 8th Congressional District race. Instead of talking about issues important to our country, they have confused voters about Col. Kaifesh’s positions.
  

   

• Eliot Ness deserving of building honorMar 10, 2014 12:00 AM
  An Arlington Heights letter to the editor: The Herald reported that some Chicago aldermen oppose a plan to name a federal building in Washington, D.C., after one-time Chicago Prohibition agent Eliot Ness. The aldermen’s contention is that Ness had no role in the jailing of gang lord Al Capone for tax evasion.