Letters to the Editor
Don't waste resources looking for Hoffa
Can someone please explain what is so important about finding Jimmy Hoffa's body. How much money has the FBI wasted in searching for Hoffa? What does it matter?
Letters to the Editor
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Get ready to run for life
Have you been seeing purple all around Freeburg? That's because the Relay For Life St. Clair County East committee has painted the town purple for the upcoming Relay For Life event, which will be held on Friday. We invite community members from all over the area to join us for a fun-filled evening...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Why the rush for the exit?
Bob Delaney, the St. Clair County clerk from 1999 until Wednesday, said there's no basis to a sexual harassment/racial discrimination complaint against him. Maybe not, but something must be up for him to resign with less than 24 hours notice. Fast-food workers give...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Obama insults Americans
President Obama once again thumbs his nose at the American people, showing that his almost obscene arrogance is only overshadowed by his complete disdain for us, the American people.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Liberals, wise up
Letter writer Joseph Reichert doesn't like what I write but loves every statement Gene Robke makes. Therefore my rhetoric is based on "slander, innuendo and balderdash" while Robke's is pure gold.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Consequences of corruption
Hey, come on, I know BND cartoonist Glenn McCoy can see it: the St. Clair County courthouse sinking beneath the waves after striking iceberg Michael Cook, the judge who resigned after a drug arrest, and all the rats bailing out the windows.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
This will cost the taxpayers
After reading the BND article in regard to the $840,000 in grant money wasted on landscaping the Interstate 64 interchange, I would like to eloborate on comments made by our local officials.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Is Illinois worse than California?
I was in the San Francisco Bay area on a business trip and noted very little litter along the freeways and new construction underway from Sacramento to San Francisco. Then a miracle, the news announced that Gov. Jerry Brown and the legislature agreed on a balanced budget and more deficit reduction...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Better when we leave off the gravy
Belleville taxpayers won a reprieve Monday night when the City Council approved a contract for the city attorneys minus a special benefits clause.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Let's watch the watchers
In the beginning, computer technology was advertised as the ultimate answer to safe storage of large amounts of information. Well, partly true on the large amounts. It's not safe from prying eyes and electronic surveillance by power-hungry politicians under the guise of, "We're here to help and ...


