By Judy Siedlecki Knowledge is power. That’s why Donald Trump is doing everything in his power to keep you in the dark about your very survival from COVID-19. He lied it existed, delayed early testing, told governors to buy their own ventilators, then bid against them, plays favorites with those...
Grandpa,Next week would have been my 40th wedding anniversary, except that I threw that old man out (many) years ago. I just got a card from him telling me, “thank you for the good years together”. I don’t know if he is sincere or being a smart (deleted). I want...
April 1, 2020Dear editor; The petty partisan criticisms of the Donald Trump administration by political leaders who only seem interested in stoking anxiety and exacerbating division among the American people is disturbing. Governor JB Pritzker has made a name for himself as one of the Nation’s chief nitpickers. In his...
April 5, 2020Dear editor; So, Aurora mayor Richard Irvin and Police Chief Kristen Ziman each has come out and publicly announced that they carry the COVID-19 virus. At a time in our history when everyone seems to hide behind privacy laws, these two community leaders, servants to the public, reveal...
Grandpa,Many years ago, I had applied to drive a school bus. I was turned down because I had a minor arrest record for possession of marijuana. I now qualify for the expungement of my record. Once expunged, the company cannot find that I had been convicted unless they kept my...
March 30, 2020Dear editor; COVID-19 (coronavirus) and social distancing have given me, and I hope all of us, time to think and evaluate where we are going, personally, locally, and nationally. Non-essential businesses are closed. Were they previously essential? The city government of Aurora wants to put a convention center...
March 29, 2020Dear editor; The Illinois General Assembly is considering SB 2762, nicknamed the “Reach Act.” One of the act’s goals is supposedly to provide to students “medically accurate and complete research on human sexuality.” However, hilariously, SB 2762 is actually based on medically inaccurate information! That legislation would force...
Grandpa,What do you think of guests who bring plastic ware to a party with the intent of taking food home with them? We had invited some friends over to enjoy an early cookout in our yard. One of my co-workers came prepared to take home a lot of left-over food....
March 18, 2020Dear editor; The Shell Oil Company came to Aurora after the great flood of 1996 in Aurora and brought a diesel-driven ozone generator that was on wheels. Six homes were treated simultaneously by pumping high levels of ozone into each house for four hours by using small plastic...
March 18, 2020Dear editor; In these trying times, candidates for office, service companies, using phone solicitation, charities for police and fire, publishers, insurance companies seeking business for new Medicare seniors, all should cease their phone calls. Since March 12, I have not had any of those annoying sales phone calls,...
Grandpa,I am retired and disabled. I have a health care worker who comes to my home four days per week to help me with various chores and personal hygiene issues. She takes one day a week to go to (a food pantry). My neighbor recently told me that this health...
From February 28, 2019...
March 16, 2020Dear editor; I know the coronavirus (COVID-19) is serious, and I am a senior citizen, but governor JB Pritzker is, in my opinion, way out of line. Just goes to show you how far out of touch with reality these billionaires are. He and his family are the...
Grandpa,There is something wrong with the way my daughter thinks. She has a nice career, earns a good living, but wants her friends to think she is a common thief. One example; yesterday she and a girlfriend went out shopping. She went into a liquor store and came out with...
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March 6, 2020Dear editor; This letter is meant for Republicans who intend to vote in the March 17 14th District congressional primary. Please do not allow Jim Oberweis to buy yet another Republican primary with his personal, unassailable millions of dollars…only to get crushed again after six failures, by his...
March 6, 2020Dear editor; Five smiling faces enjoying their put down of Christopher Columbus were in A Voice for your opinions, thevoice.us/a-voice-for-your-opinions-what-are-your-thoughts-on-chicago-public-schools-changing-columbus-day-to-indigenous-peoples-day. I asked myself, have any of them read a biography of his life? Many books are available expressing various points of view contrary to the public schools’ rendition...
By Russ George Saturday night, the members of the Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora The Club That Fights Diabetes, held a Diabetes Awareness Night at the Fox Valley Ice Arena, Geneva, while cheering on the Chicago Steel ice hockey team in a game against the Dubuque Fighting Saints. The Steel minor...
By Leonard R Wass Please vote no on Oswego Community Unit School District 308’s proposal to increase its limiting tax rate. Here’s why you should vote no: Several years ago it raised $450 Million in construction bonds using “Save the Children” as a slogan. The money was sufficient for new...
Grandpa,I live in a lovely trailer park and have great neighbors. My husband is (deployed in the military). Yesterday the heat in my home went out. According to the repairman, I should have heat back on by tomorrow. My neighbor saw the repairman’s truck and came over to see if...
