Sound Off: Apartments in St. Charles
The following is what our readers sounded off about this week:
Say no to apartments
This is out of the Thursday paper, about St. Charles. In the story, ("Building toward the future"), it said "survey said." Why have a survey in St. Charles – 56.1 percent said no apartments, 47.7 percent said no to townhouse, 35 percent said no to houses. Those are big numbers. No housing wanted. Survey said – numbers do not matter. The mayor and the aldermen want a young, transient population. We have to give what the people want, apartments? Say no to apartments.
Leave our town alone
This is in response to Don DeWitte, mayor of St. Charles, who is pushing for more apartments, townhomes, as he puts it, building for the future. Did he ever think us residents, who have lived here all our lives, like our town just the way it is? We don't need thousands more people, thousands more cars, crowded schools. It takes a half a day to drive across town now. Traffic is horrendous. Leave our town alone. It is just fine the way it is.
Very good writing
In your Feb. 16 opinions column about bullying (by columnist Courtney Phelan), the writer captured the feeling of the persons who are being bullied and the persons who do the bullying. Very good writing.
Thank you, Chronicle
I get the Kane County Chronicle delivered to the house. And I just wanted to commend the Kane County Chronicle. The Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 12 issue, it's probably the best paper that you put out in a long time. It had an article on Charlestowne Mall, Mill Race Inn. It had local articles, which is what the Kane County Chronicle should be concerned about. It should be concerned about Kane County, what happens in Kane County and let people know what's going on in Kane County. It's a local paper, and I really enjoy it when they have a reporter who reports what's going on in Kane County. It was a great issue, and some of the issues are just ready for a recycle bin. If people want national news, they can get the Chicago Tribune. Let people know what's going on in Kane County. Thank you very much. I really enjoyed reading the paper today.
Why don't they take pay cuts?
Why don't government workers, including teachers, take a pay cut like many of us in the private sector have had to take?
Teachers and certification
I'm calling in response to the "Teachers and incentives" call that was made (in the Feb. 11 edition). This person does not know what they are talking about. They are talking about that teachers are not certified. Every teacher is certified. The article that they are referring to talks about national board certification, which is different than a regular teacher certification. National board certification allows you to teach in any state in the United States because you have a certificate that transfers across all state lines. Every teacher is certified in the state that they teach in. Please get your facts straight before you call in.
The contraception rule
I am calling about the contraception rule, requiring Catholic employers to provide contraception. I work at a Catholic hospital, as a nurse. I purchase health insurance through my employer. I pay about $300 a month premium and have a deductible of about $3,000 a year for my family. My employer does not have the right to be part of my idea about contraception. That is a decision that should be made between me, my husband, my doctor and Blue Cross Blue Shield.
The Obamacare nightmare
White House press secretary Jacob Lew made the weekend news reports, trying to explain the controversial health insurance requiring contraception coverage for all women. The reason is simple. It is in the health-care plan, better known as Obamacare. If Obamacare bases contraception coverage as a medical necessity, why can't they just require, for health reasons, that everyone be required to eat the other white meat at least once a week? Purchase only electric cars, or anything else that the federal government decides as a health issue. This policy will certainly lead to the death squad, where only the federal government will decide who will receive medical treatment, especially if the patient is older or the cost of the treatment is expensive. Obamacare has removed the choice of individuals. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it best: Obamacare must be approved and signed, so Congress knows what it is. So far, peeking between the pages, it has been a nightmare.
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