To the Editor: State budget cuts will force many people with disabilities to live in institutions

I am writing on behalf of 11,500 Illinois citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who are languishing on waiting
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March 23, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Criminals say, ‘Thank you, Lisa Madigan!’

You may remember me from a letter I wrote last December, asking all you good folks to vote for absolute
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March 23, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Releasing FOID owners’ names imperils citizens’ safety

Recently, my office has received calls and e-mails from my constituents who are concerned about two recent issues related to
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March 23, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 1 Comment

To the Editor: Preserve capitalism

Since the November election, our liberal leaders have chosen to ignore the will of the voters. Although they say differently,
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March 23, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Hats off to Harlem School District!

Feb. 22 was an evening to remember at Harlem High School. It was their Harlem Music Boosters program. When we arrived,
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March 16, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Company outsourcing does not promote ‘buy local’

Goodbye to the Rockford Register Star. I try to buy local, and if a company outsources, it is no longer
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March 16, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 2 Comments

State reducing funding for conservation

Hello, Everyone, I am sending you this and asking for your support in providing adequate funding to Soil and Water Conservation
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March 16, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Sweeny cheers Wisconsin runaways

In Chuck Sweeny’s column of Feb. 20, in the Rockford Register Star, he cheers the Wisconsin Democrat legislators who, acting
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March 16, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 7 Comments

Kucinich has a bill to address the budget

Feb. 13, Speaker John Boehner addressed a letter to President Obama, “[T]o support the creation of private-sector jobs, immediate action
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March 16, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 2 Comments

District 205 communications chief shares protocol regarding media being allowed on school grounds

Some news organizations have taken issue with protocol requiring approval to enter a school. Approval is required for a variety
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March 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Sheffield’s vitriol vs. Hammatt’s restraint

I watched the Feb. 22nd Board of Education meeting and was amazed at Dr. Sheffield’s comments. At the beginning of
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March 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 1 Comment

Remembering Frank Ware—a champion for mental health issues

The city of Rockford, our great nation, and the entire world has just suffered the tremendous loss of yet another
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March 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Response to Mr. George L. Schrum: Entitlements and deficits

Mr. Schrum: Don’t you want the best doctor in the world to be there when you need him? If you do,
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March 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Support Tegtmeyer for Mayor of Oregon

I am proud to say I was raised in Oregon. I lived in Oregon for 31 years. I have family
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March 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

A poem: Rockford Repurposed

Editor’s note: The following poem is being presented as a Letter to the Editor. Rockford Repurposed Think it possible a town could
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March 2, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Obama has ruined the capitalist society—what’s left of it

This letter is in response to a Letter to the Editor “Corrupt society works against the public” by Jewel Ferguson. You
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March 2, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

The enormous betrayal

I know that peace can be considered a good thing. But when did any peace treaty last for very long?
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March 2, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Register Star’s columnist misrepresented school statistics

I could, if allowed (her solicitations for reader response are a joke), rebut everything Kris Kieper pontificates in the Register
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March 2, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

More praise for WTPB-LP

John Russell Ghrist recently wrote stating that local radio station WTPB-LP 99.3 should receive a RAMI for all the work
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March 2, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

The political circus is coming

Oh, no, not again! At the end of next year, November 2012, the Republicans and Democrats will be holding their
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February 23, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Enforce current immigration laws

The immigration reform most needed now in our nation is rigorous enforcement of current laws. For decades, crooked employers have
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February 23, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 1 Comment

Educational gold mine

Concordia Lutheran School in Machesney Park has one of the greatest reputations in the area for educational excellence. This small
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February 23, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Protect parents and children

The family is the foundation of American society. A threat to families is now looming over the United States. It
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February 23, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

Re: Letter of Michael Cannariato/Reload Fox/Jan. 12-18, 2011

As a Hispanic patriot, I resent the letter written by the above-mentioned person, Michael Cannariato. Our family has had sons in
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February 23, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 1 Comment

To the Editor: Stop killing our children!

Thirty-eight years ago, our judicial government usurped God’s law, “You shall not kill,” by making Roe vs. Wade legal to
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February 16, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Keep Jackson School open

Before the decision to close any schools is made, I’d like to suggest why Jackson School should remain open: → As the
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February 16, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: FBI still assaults nonviolent leaders like Dr. King

As we remember Martin Luther King Jr., we should also remember who failed to protect him from assassination on April
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February 16, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Small business economic backbone of rural Illinois

For Illinois’ rural cities and small towns to contribute fully to the nation’s economic recovery, we must enable small, main
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February 16, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Thanks to those who supported One for Books campaign

On behalf of Dennis Early Childhood’s PTO, I want to express deep gratitude to everyone who donated money for our
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February 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Value judgments no longer in force

Modern man hasn’t so much technologically as philosophically engineered himself into a corner. That’s the thrust of a 1954 essay
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February 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Corrupt society works against the public

We are living in a corrupt capitalist society, and the American public fatties refuse to recognize it. The largest contributors
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February 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Re: Titan Tire and USW

I responded to a commentary by Stanley Campbell (Sept. 1-7, 2010) about utopia and unions in this world. The Titan
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February 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Bicentennial of the Fight for Freedom

This year is 200 since a very brave, noble but unsuccessful fight for our freedom took place here in the
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February 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Thanks to Alderwoman Venita Hervey

Praise for my Alderwoman Venita Hervey. Jan. 4, as I was walking to pick up my daughter from her bus
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February 9, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Thanks, Chuck Sweeny, we’ll follow your lead

In Sunday’s Register Star, Chuck Sweeny bemoans the REA’s “Mercedes-Benz” contract; he’s either unaware or disingenuous about how they arrived
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February 2, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 4 Comments

To the Editor: Entitlements and deficits

Today as I watched [former] Senators [Alan K.] Simpson [R-Wyo.] and [Erskine] Bowles [D-N.C.] trying to undermine Social Security and
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February 2, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 1 Comment

To the Editor: Community is scarred by mega-dairy battle

The 2nd District Appellate Court in Elgin issued its ruling on Dec. 22, 2010, regarding the Traditions Dairy project in
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February 2, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 1 Comment

To the Editor: Re: Stanley Campbell’s column of Dec. 22-28, 2010

You can’t win the war in Afghanistan. AND WHY NOT, MR. CAMPBELL? If it wasn’t for liberal Demon-crats like you and
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February 2, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 2 Comments

To the Editor: CASA offers training class and bowl-a-thon

In a scene from The Blind Side, Michael informs the mom—who has just given him his own room in the
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January 26, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: ‘Racism’? Puh-lease!

What better way to deflect Rockford’s disgust at LaVonne Sheffield’s finally-published shameful behavior than to attack community leaders and motives?
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January 26, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 2 Comments

To the Editor: Sheffield’s priorities are misplaced

LaVonne Sheffield is at it again. First, she says she wants to put the children first in everything she does.
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January 26, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Harlem Township Toys for Kids a success

Let me express my appreciation to all the individuals who made the 9th year of Harlem Township Toys for Kids
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January 26, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Distorting the words of Jesus

Stanley Campbell’s comments in “The real war on Christmas—updated” (Dec. 15-21, 2010) need some helpful clarification. While shamelessly plugging every
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January 26, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Appellate Court overrules ISGS’ findings

In a not-surprising action, the Appellate Court, on Dec . 22, affirmed the Jo Daviess County judge’s questionable decision that
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January 26, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Rockford’s airport could be a great hub

Today is Dec. 26th, and Chicago is again canceling some of its major flights because of weather. It’s a beautiful
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January 19, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Re: ‘Get past anger—help schoolchildren’

Editor’s note: The following writer is replying to an editorial that appeared in the Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010, issue
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January 19, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 2 Comments

To the Editor: Community radio station WTPB-LP should receive a RAMI Award this year

For the past five years, Rockford’s new community radio station WTPB-LP 99.3 FM has been playing music by local jazz
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January 19, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Stanley Campbell’s theology

Many a column has been written by Mr. Campbell in which he equates going to hell because of the lack
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January 12, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | 2 Comments

To the Editor: Cops vs. Trees

I don’t know of anyone who likes trees more than I do. I think trees are beautiful, as well as
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January 12, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)

To the Editor: Purple bacteria still a problem

Purple? Why not justice? Remember the purple discharge from the mega-dairy in Jo Daviess County? Feldman, engineer for Traditions, claimed to
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January 12, 2011 | Also published in Letters to the Editor | Comments (0)


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