The Milwaukee rioters should be hunted down and prosecuted to the full extent. The perpetrator had a weapon and he did point it at the officer who shot him. The officer is black. You will not hear our president or Hillary say a peep in defense of the police. Will Black Lives Matter come out in defense of the black business owners who were victimized?
Orland Park
How about a hand for Chicago-born Susan Lee Lindquist. Who is she, you ask? Well, she just received a large monetary award for groundbreaking disease research. Folks, if you want a true role model, ignore the pompous actors, athletes, and pseudo-celebrities. Susan is someone who is so much more deserved of your admiration!
Evergreen Park
The Wall Street Journal lists books by Beck and O’Reilly under the non-fiction label. Any thing of a political nature written by either of them is sufficiently biased to make it fiction; Especially the delusions of Beck, an admitted psychotic.
Lee
It’s a shame when looters and rioters destroy businesses. I think about the employees immediately. Will they be allowed to transfer to a different branch or location? Are there open positions there for them? Will they have to take a lower or different position, which could result in a pay cut? The rioters don’t think about that. They don’t care about that. And neither does the media.
I know Mr. Trump is not like me, but at least I know that. The other one claims she is working for me. But, she is not like me, or anyone I know. At least with Trump I know where I stand. No one knows what it is like to work for what you have except working-class people. And politicians are not working-class people.
Oak Forest
On the news, everyone is called a “suspect.” I get it. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Everyone has a right to a fair trial. Everyone can lawyer up and have their day in court. Everyone can plead insanity or stupidity. How about the victims? The dead stay dead. Families are forced to live without their relatives. The injured have to try to heal, if they can, though many have health struggles and long-term problems. It takes years for a case to go to trial, which results in years of agony for victims and their families. Then, when it’s all over, the “suspect” gets three months in jail for a violent crime. It seems that society worries more about the suspects than the victims. Gee, isn’t justice great?
The retired President of Moraine Valley Community College is paid over $30,000 a month for his pension. The administrator who stated publicly that separate but equal classrooms is fine is paid over $15,000 a month for her pension. Wake up taxpayers. This is where your hard-earned money is going.
MM, Palos Hills
J.K.: So you really think teachers work an average of 26 hours per week? Your “opinion” shows your ability to write complete sentences. However, your math skills need a bit of work. Twenty-six hours per week, including a 45-minute lunch, gives the kids less than a five-hour school day. Now for a little reality, my school day began with nine to 10 hours at school, and finished with two-three hours at home prepping for the following day and going over students’ classwork. That doesn’t even include weekend planning. I’ll save the “big salary” response for another day.
S., Oak Lawn
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