Tag: Readers Voice

Anti-abortion issue finds replacement

November 5, 2020Dear editor; Is there an award for being a loser? The COVID-19 replaced the anti-abortion issue which, for decades, was a top issue. How to create silence and displacement of the right-to-life moral values finally has been found, or, invented: A flu. The fatalities of COVID-19 are tragic,...

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Dignity, decency, democracy, won

November 9, 2020Dear editor; Oh happy day! Dignity, decency, democracy have won the day. The groundswell of excitement and inspirational American unity displayed and felt around the world over the past weekend from the results of this presidential election has put a soothing hush over the past four years and...

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Voting against Fair Tax best

October 31, 2020Dear editor; It’s too late now, but I sure hope that the Fair Tax vote went down in flames! Our daughter and son-in-law have portrayed the Lincolns for many years, and Max knows all of Abe’s comments. The two I’m sure ring true for this time, are about...

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B.E. W.E.L.L. limits COVID-19

October 23, 2020 Dear editor; A Message to Illinois Patients: B.E. W.E.L.L. As we approach the holiday season and we continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to double our efforts to minimize our exposure to the virus and to do everything possible to prevent its...

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On choosing representative carefully

October 24, 2020Dear editor; What’s in name? Your roots, or, heritage? Maybe, certainly, your work, success, or failure, are lacking. I am analyzing Barbara Hernandez, State representative, 83rd District, Aurora, North Aurora, by political patronage. My last name is (Von) Solms, a German name, however, I am 100% Polish. My...

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Advice on voting process

By Mrs. Kyra DaSilvaNorth Aurora With so many emotional topics tied to this year’s presidential election and so many changes to our daily lives due to the ongoing global pandemic, it is easy to become overwhelmed about voting. I have been an election judge ever since graduating high school and...

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In Kane county, think outside box

By D. GuzikSt. Charles Kane County received approximately $93 Million from the Coronavirus Relief Fund in April. Most of the money has been allocated, although, as The Daily Herald reported October 10, approximately $7 Million is still in limbo. Although our residents struggle with seven months of pandemic-related hardships, an...

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Corinne Pierog: Best for Kane

October 17, 2020Dear editor; Although Kane County residents face devastating losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, David Rickert, the Kane County treasurer and Republication Party nominee for Kane County Board chair, has stated rather odd priorities: Funding for nature preservation, better coordination of transportation projects, and relief from unfunded State mandates....

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Strong support for Mavis Bates

October 15, 2020Dear editor; I am writing in strong support of Mavis Bates, candidate for Kane County Board District 4. There are many reasons why I support Mavis Bates, but the primary ones are: Mavis has a long history of volunteer community service. She literally has donated thousands of hours...

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To rise and vote assists liberty

September 22, 2020Dear editor; President Donald Trump, you have had almost four years to lead the United States and have failed us by your own choosing. Whether it be in foreign policy and domestic policy you have not protected the United States as commander-in chief. We see and read news...

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Federal funding for cultured meat helpful

October 2, 2020Dear editor; If senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin care about animal welfare, they should support federal funding for cultured-meat research. For those who don’t know, cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering non-humans. It has the potential to save billions and billions of creatures every year...

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Orchard Road barrier plan needed

October 5, 2020Dear editor; The traffic noise that comes from Orchard Road into Sans Souci on Aurora’s West Side and other residential areas north and south along Orchard, is one of the biggest quality of life issues in Kane County District 4. This otherwise quiet neighborhood sounds just like the...

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A vote for Corinne Pierog in Kane

September 24, 2020Dear editor; When I watched the candidates for Kane County Board chair speak at the recent election forum, I felt as if they were engaging in two different conversations. Corinne Pierog was talking about unmet needs, policy ideas, and making the budget serve the needs of the people....

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Bill to ban factory farms helpful

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...

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Just look at the facts and think

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...

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Reduce campaigns, debt

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...

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Comments on social unrest and on victims

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...

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On the money Mike Madigan paid to Stephanie Kifowit

September 3, 2020Dear editor; The sympathetic media coverage of Stephanie Kifowit’s so-called courage in “demanding” fellow Democrat speaker Mike Madigan’s resignation borders on the bizarre. Before we salute the brave and selfless Aurora State representative for standing up to the House speaker, perhaps her constituents and newspaper reporters should examine...

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Views serious on Aurora property tax

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...

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Fascist-type tactics writer’s concern

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...

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