August 22, 2020Dear editor; The Farm System Reform Act, a bill championed by Cory Booker, which would ban factory farms, should include funding for cultured-meat research. For those who don’t know, cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering animals. This technology would ameliorate many problems the Farm System Reform
Friday, Sept. 11Dear editor; As a mother of three children and an elementary school teacher, I often had children bring me stories that my immediate response was “Who told you that?” It was often followed by a lot of whataboutisms. “What about Billy, he was in the fight also….” “No
September 10,Dear editor; I am writing in response to my survey that arrived in the mail recently. Stop this mud-slinging. After the election is over, you should not campaign for the next election. Your job is to run the government. You should do what they do in Canada and have
September 6, 2020Dear editor; I am so sick of these protesters who smash and grab and loot. I am sick of television stations that are not telling the whole story…. They just keep saying the same thing, newscast after newscast. I’m sick of the anal retentives who see the police
August 25, 2020Dear editor; It is the death of common sense: I understand much clearer now the reasons for Christ’s crucifixion: The mob would not defer to truth. Jesus Christ had to go, according to the mob. A virus is not a new invention. Check it out. It was and
August 22, 2020Dear editor; This letter serves as a heads-up to all property taxpayers in Aurora (Township). I learned with some difficulty, this year is different because the assessments were not all published. Only the re-valued parcels were published in the August 10 Beacon News. To make it even more
August 3, 2020Dear editor; Those paying attention to the protests around our country, especially if they ever studied fascism, should be disturbed by these protests. Fascists employ violence, intolerance, and repression. Many protesters do, too. Fascists use schools to indoctrinate students, to instill blind obedience to fascist authorities, and to
July 24, 2020Dear editor; Wear a mask. Illinois made great strides fighting COVID-19, but it will take sustained effort and discipline to keep the virus under control. Illinois doctors ask everyone to take two simple actions when in public: Always wear a face-covering and continue to maintain social distancing. The
July 15, 2020Dear editor; Governor JB Pritzker’s graduated tax proposal on the November 3 ballot is in the news. I worry about giving carte blanche to the spendthrifts who put our State into such a financial crisis. Without detail for specific tax rates for various levels, the end result could
June 22, 2020Dear editor; Is George Floyd a Manchurian Candidate? The most recent autopsy report states that Floyd died (through murder by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minn. May 25) from a concentration of Fentanyl in his blood, three times the fatal dose. Fentanyl is a dangerous opioid, 50 times
July 6, 2020Dear editor; Here is my response to recent criticism of The Voice columnist Charles Coddington (Reaction to Charles Coddington column, in the July 2 Reader’s Voice): Charles Coddington is as American as a figure out of an old Frank Capra movie. He is an Aurora treasure, a walking
June 28, 2020Dear editor; Charles Coddington wrote an opinion piece in The Voice June 18 edition. In it he asserted, without any facts or supporting documentation, that the following “has failed us”: Our Federal government; our electoral system; our health care system; our law enforcement system; our education system; our
June 18, 2020Dear editor; Because I will be 77 in September, I will need to take the driver’s test to renew my license. I have been so very careful to keep myself safe during the COVID-19 pandemic by staying at home, staying at a distance and wearing a mask when
June 13, 2020Dear editor; The mentally ill are being sentenced to prison for breaking the law. Usually for random crimes with no real motive. I know, because I am in prison with them. My name is Matthew Redmon I.D.O.C. #y36093. So, the what of what has happened is not the
June 2, 2020Dear editor; I woke up this morning and said, “This is wrong.” I am white. It was wrong of us to come to this Country and take land and lives from Native Americans even in the name of God. I think of the 500 who lived in peace
June 1, 2020Dear editor; An open letter to honorable mayor Richard Irvin; Your honor, as a former Auroran, I was happy to read your lips! Thank you for your tough stand against the violent insanity. Once again you have shown integrity and strength in spite of any possible political backlash.
May 30, 2020Dear editor; No where in the U.S. Constitution is it written that the American media has the right to convict a person charged with murder or seat the jury which will carry out an immoral and unlimited destructive-mob action. Yes, I am writing about the illegal and ruinous
May 20, 2020Dear editor; The U.S. Weather Service report that this month is already the wettest May on record, the third year in a row with the wettest May, should remind us that we need to give attention to our other global health crisis, climate change. It is understandable that
May 16, 2020Dear editor; I am distressed with the Oswego Village Board under mayor Troy Parlier. How can four out of six Board members decide to go ahead and vote for a $750,000 frivolous amphitheater? This is one of the most uncertain periods in modern history. Every part of people’s
May 3, 2020Dear editor; What is ABATE? ABATE stands for A Brotherhood Aimed Towards Education (ABATE) and is the only nonprofit state organization in Illinois that has been dedicated to fighting for your rights for more than 25 years. If you ride or you have family or friends who ride
