Tag: Opinion

Reader’s Voice: Nov. 5 referendum, Kane County nature

October 1, 2024Dear editor; November 5, we will have an opportunity to positively shape the future of our communities by supporting the Kane County Forest Preserve District’s Land Preservation and Preserve Improvement Referendum. Studies continue to show that natural areas such as forest preserves have a positive impact on property...

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Reader’s Voice: Response to Siedlecki: Good versus evil

September 25, 2024Dear editor; I found Ms Siedlecki’s letter in the September 19 issue very moving. In it she forwarded her eighth grade grandson’s letter citing his fears caused by school shootings in America. Such fears should never be allowed to surface in our wonderful nation. We veterans have fought...

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Reader’s Voice: His take on the debate: Harris not so hot

September 20, 2024Dear editor; As I watched the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, my thoughts for most of the evening was she dominated him. Harris was very prepared and scripted all night. She was not the gift that just keeps on giving when she speaks without the...

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Would you buy a used anything from this man?

For the third The Voice column I’m writing this month, it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, my Lumi deodorant is doing its advertised job, the stock market’s up, inflation, gas prices, Donald Trump’s poll numbers and the value of his Truth...

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Reader’s Commentary: Democrat plot: Unsecure southern border, illegals voting

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Thirty-nine days until election day and I learned there have been more than 400,000 criminal aliens who have entered our country through our southern border. Among these 400,000 criminal illegals, there are more than 15,000 who are convicted rapists and another 13,000 that have been convicted...

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Reader’s Commentary: Coddington’s new nickname; disappointing Secret Service

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda I’ve been given a pseudonym by Charles Coddington. I am the “Gaslighter.” As much as I appreciate Coddinton’s new name for me, the problem remains, I like Wayne Johnson’s moniker better. He calls me “Wild Bill.” I think Wild Bill is a much better fit for...

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Reader’s Voice: Voters need to look beyond the debate

September 12, 2024Dear editor; Hopefully, the American people will look beyond the two hours debate we just witnessed. presidential candidates should stand the same test as any job applicant. In particular, the candidate should have a proven and lengthy track record of successes. We have a clear vision of president...

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Reader’s Voice: Opinion: “Sticks and stones” weird

August 27, 2024Dear editor; It has become fashionable for some politicians to call their opponents “weird”. How clever! Our Country, State, and County are in so much turmoil that voters should reject junior high school behavior and focus on existing records of performance (or lack of) and policies that will...

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Reader’s Commentary: Mainstream media ignores trafficking, Harris flip flopping

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Comrade Kamala Harris with her San Francisco values took her “emotional support” vice presidential pick “Tampon Tim” Walz to her first interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. She’s dodged every interview and speaking engagement where teleprompters would not be available. Her own team doesn’t trust...

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First amendment rights still cherished goal

By John & Nisha Whitehead What you smell is the stench of a dying republic. Our dying republic. We are trapped in a political matrix intended to sustain the illusion that we are citizens of a constitutional republic. In reality, we are caught somewhere between a kleptocracy (a government ruled...

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Reader’s Commentary: Biden/Harris inflation leads to empty shelves

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Kamala Harris started the week pilfering a good idea from a free market guy, Donald Trump. The idea involves letting people keep more of their money by removing taxes on tips for people in our service sector. Then, Harris had a Marxist idea. It came from...

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Reader’s Commentary: In defense of Donald Trump; against recent attacks

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda I’ve had an unfortunate experience reading an arrogant, hate-filled conspiracy piece in the August 1 edition of The Voice, page 6. It was in the “musings about hate and assassinations” section written by “The Chas” Coddington. One ridiculous assertion of the piece dealt with the attempted...

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Reader’s Commentary: A challenge to return to civil discourse

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda My family arrived here in the United States in 1957 during the Eisenhower administration. We were refugees from communist Hungary, one of many countries under Russian occupation behind the iron curtain. We escaped a totalitarian regime that thought nothing of executing their people or political rivals...

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Standing for freedom stops injustice

By John & Nisha Whitehead “Whenever any American’s life is taken by another American unnecessarily—whether it is done in the name of the law or in the defiance of law, by one man or a gang, in cold blood or in passion, in an attack of violence or in response...

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U.S. government seeks to re-shape totalitarian image

By John & Nisha Whitehead The U.S. government is working to re-shape the country in the image of a totalitarian state. It has remained true over the past 50-plus years no matter which political party held office. It will remain true no matter who wins the 2024 presidential election. In...

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Reader’s Voice: Joe Biden still with it

July 6, 2024Dear editor; We needed the fireworks celebration after a rough few days, although I have never wavered from mighty Joe Biden. He’s young compared to a lot of people I know in their 90s and still with it. I’ve had the privilege of knowing people who lived into...

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Reader’s Voice: Elections remain important

April 14, 2024Dear editor; It certainly was a beautiful weekend. One of many, we hope. Across the street, the family was out flying kites. Some time later, the family next door had a busy back yard, with a bunch of youngsters having a great time, among other things, chasing bubbles....

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Reader’s Voice: Data should be accurate

February 17, 2024Dear Editor; In a Reader’s Voice February 13 online and February 15 print edition, David E. Smith wrote that Oregon’s deaths from drug overdose increased substantially after 2020 when drugs were decriminalized in the State, implying that this was the cause. Cherry-picked data often lead to inaccurate conclusions....

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Chaos reigns, SWAT-team raids, prevail

By John & Nisha Whitehead Sometimes 10 seconds is all the warning you get. Sometimes you don’t get a warning before all hell breaks loose. Imagine it, if you will: It’s the middle of the night. Your neighborhood is in darkness. Your household is asleep. Suddenly, you’re awakened by a...

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Reader’s Voice: Animal Welfare, cultivated meat

November 20, 2023Dear editor; Politicians love to pay lip service to animal welfare, and yet so few of them hold the position that would do most to relieve the suffering of our fellow creatures. That would be supporting increased public funding for cultivated-meat research. For readers who aren’t familiar with...

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