Letters to the editor from Glen Ellyn and Wheaton

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

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.

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.

I am very pleased that David Roske attended the ceremony in Wilder Park at the Elmhurst Veterans Memorial following the parade. Many residents come to the parade but leave before the ceremony that is held in memory of our veterans. A great deal of time and energy is spent organizing the program. Mr. Ronske, however, should to check his facts.

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.

The $4 million imbalance in Elmhurst’s proposed operating budget is caused by inflation (which increases the cost of goods, services and labor), mandated state programs (such as pension raises for police and fire) and the subprime meltdown (which has triggered our national economic slow down, resulting in lower retail sales tax revenues, an important source of city revenue). As a result, we are forecasting increased expenses and lower revenues and are left to deal with a budget imbalance.