I’ve been noticing in the sports pages that the University of Illinois is having quite a bit of problem with their players they have ending up getting arrested. I’m wondering if they’re recruiting from the Cook County Department of Corrections at 26th Street and California Avenue in Chicago and the prison league.
Jimbo, Chicago Heights
Why doesn’t Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders wear the American flag on their lapel? If they are going to be the commander in chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, they should wear the flag on their clothing like the American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have the flag on their shoulders, not the Environmental Protection Agency button.
I wanted to correct a statement made by the media rewarding MAP grants and the budget showdown that has prevented the payout of MAP grants this academic year. MAP grants go to the neediest students, and many times the media has reported that MAP grants go only to students attending state universities or colleges. That is incorrect. In fact, MAP grants are also given to students at private universities and colleges. I teach part-time at a small, local private university in Chicago and 51 percent of our students receive MAP grants leaving our school — which is much smaller than many state schools — in dire financial straits at this time.
Bob, Homewood
Why is Bruce Springsteen snubbing his fans in North Carolina that have spent millions over the years supporting his lavish lifestyle? It’s not as though they had any control over a law (which, by the way, I agree with) enacted by their governor. Isn’t this a form of exclusion in itself? Grow up already. Sincerely, a former fan.
Hey Dave, I guess the world is flat, the Earth is the center of the universe and an atom is the smallest thing known to man because these were all facts by the smartest scientists in the world at one point. Maybe the existence of God cannot be proven by science yet because our current scientists are not smart enough.
John, Orland Park
This is in regards to the commenter who said the Daily Southtown is afraid to print the truth. Well, the actual truth of the matter is that when the Republicans held the U.S. House of Representatives, they had more filibusters in one year than in the history of the entire U.S. Congress, which made it impossible for any kind of legislation to get through. They wouldn’t even bring it up to the floor.
The next time I see a school district politicking for a rate increase, I’m going to keep in mind what’s going on in Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 now that the state is investigating the district’s audits and finances. Questionable finances go on in all the districts. It’s the same with pension bumps and all the stuff they’re pulling and getting away with. But remember, it’s for the kids. It’s not for those extra perks and large pensions they’re walking off with. As for former Superintendent Lawrence Wyllie, you’ve got to be kidding me. An annuity fund worth more than $500,000 on top of his pension? I guess I missed the boat. I went to work for a utility.
When Marv from Bridgeview was confronted by George regarding the existence of God, George said God cannot interfere in the affairs of man. Really? If this be true, George, then why do you waste your time praying?
Stan, New Lenox
To the commenter that said the kids should stay home for this election and not come and vote for candidate Hillary Clinton because we couldn’t take another four years of a Democratic president: I don’t think we can take another four years of a Republican president, especially with this Republican U.S. House of Representatives and Senate that we have right now that has completely been stonewalling the whole country for the last 16 years and sticking it to the middle class. I don’t know what this gentleman is thinking of, but I certainly don’t think he’s thinking very much.
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