Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Check out letters to the editor published in the Nov. 7 Life Newspaper.

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor from Glen Ellyn and Wheaton

Check out letters to the editor published in the Aug. 3 Life Newspaper.

Check out letters to the editor published in the July 23 Suburban Life.

The democratic process of which we are so proud produces so-called political leaders whose primary interest is trying to get re-elected without the conceptual leadership skills that we have had in the past.

I have read with interest the opinions written by Alderman Michele Skryd and by columnist Jim Kapsa, as well as news articles by Cari Brokamp. I am afraid that I have to agree with Skryd and Kapsa and state that another solution should have been found to avoid layoffs.

While attending my sons’ eighth-grade graduation ceremony, I realized that many of the parents and guests don’t understand common courtesy or rules. Perhaps you could cut this out, study it and keep it in your wallet for future reference.

We need to increase our domestic oil production and lessen our reliance on dangerous foreign sources. Energy conservation alone doesn’t solve our energy needs; it just postpones it for a short while. Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would help since it would be one of the largest oil fields discovered in the world in the last 40 years.

In the May 1 letters to the editor, Bob Larson (Republican candidate for DuPage County Board, 6th District) stated federal law and military regulations forbid the wearing of a military uniform by a former military service member at a political event when speaking and expressing political views.

Front-page headlines nationwide recently reported on a nationally representative study showing that more than one in four teen girls has a sexually transmitted infection. The infection rates were one in four for whites and Hispanics and higher for blacks.

Some of your readers may recall that in 2007 the Illinois General Assembly prohibited ComEd and Ameren (the two major electric utilities) from raising their rates.