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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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Codependent no more

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...