Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Glen Ellyn Patch welcomes letters to the editor. Letters may be submitted to Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com.
Glen Ellyn Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor e-mailed to Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com. Please note in subject lines the message is a Letter to the Editor. ------------ I LIKE CONGRESSMAN PETER ROSKAM! I like Peter because he is such a likeable man, and he gets my vote. He has earned it! He is a younger man who has made his mark during his two terms as Congressman. That's why I like Peter Roskam. It is vitally important that he be reelected to the office of United States Congressman. John Oldenburger Wheaton
Friday, October 26, 2012
Glen Ellyn Patch welcomes letters to the editor. Letters may be submitted to Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com.
Glen Ellyn Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor emailed to Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com. Please note in subject line the e-mail is a Letter to the Editor. ------------ To the editor: I was pleased to see that Peter Roskam was endorsed by both the Daily Herald and the Chicago Tribune to be our representative here in the Sixth Congressional District. Both note that Roskam can help solve the economic issues of the day and will be an influential voice at the table for our district by, for one thing, focusing on rewriting our cumbersome federal tax code. I hope that you’ll join these endorsements by voting for Peter Roskam on November 6th. Let’s send a man of integrity and honesty back to Washington. Carl A. …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Letters to the editor may be submitted to Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com.
Glen Ellyn Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor emailed to Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com. Please note in subject line the e-mail is a Letter to the Editor. ------------ To the Editor: I recently learned that I am a part of the newly redrawn 6th Congressional district in which Congressman Peter Roskam is running for reelection. Congressman Roskam is a fiscal conservative and a firmbeliever that private industry job creation is the key to the reversal of President Obama’s current policies that favor higher tax rates and even heavier federal spending. Roskam also favors the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and will work in a bipartisan manner to fix the real problems in our healthcare system. He is fully…
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Glen Ellyn Patch welcomes letters to the editor. Letters may be submitted to Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com.
Dear Editor, As a graduate student with friends out of work, I hear gloomy reports every day about our stagnant 8 percent unemployment rate, and the crucial need for jobs and economic growth. I recently learned that Peter Roskam, a Congressman running for reelection in the Sixth Congressional District, has been instrumental in passing several free trade agreements that have and will continue to help businesses here and across the country. Peter Roskam has traveled to three countries in support of pro-export free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Columbia, and played a leading role in building support for them in Washington, which led to them being signed into law last October. Roskam understands that opening trade markets …
Monday, October 1, 2012
Rep. Peter Roskam is unable to attend Patch, League of Women Voters candidate forum due to a prior commitment.
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) on Friday notified the League of Women Voters (LWV) of the Palatine Area he will not be able to attend an Oct. 11 candidate forum in Palatine because of a previous commitment. Last month, Patch partnered with the LWV to invite candidates in the Illinois 6th Congressional District race to a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 at Palatine Village Hall. The invitation was the group's second attempt to host such a debate, after Rep. Roskam was unable to attend the Oct. 4 event. Candidate Leslie Coolidge (D-Barrington) previously accepted the Oct. 4 and Oct. 11 invitations. Patch covers more than a dozen towns in the 6th District, including Algonquin-Lake in the Hills, Barrington, Crystal Lake-Cary, Darien…
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Glen Ellyn Patch welcomes letters to the editor. Letters may be submitted to Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com.
During the recent Olympics, President Obama presented a campaign ad asserting that he wanted to increase taxes on the top 1 percent of Americans in order to help pay down the debt. Here is some simple math - a trillion is one-thousand billion. Our national debt is now more than $16 trillion. If you took all of the money from all of the billionaires in this country, this would add up to about 305.1 billion dollars - something less than 2 percent of the current national debt; AND in the time it took to collect that money and put all these people AND their employees in the poor house, the interest would have added back that amount of debt in the first place. Whether you are a liberal, conservative, or moderate, the math is the same. I am an …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Patch has partnered with the Palatine-area League of Women Voters to host a candidate forum for the 6th Congressional District race on Thursday, Oct. 11 in Palatine.
Patch has partnered with the League of Women Voters of the Palatine Area to invite candidates in the Illinois 6th Congressional District race to a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 at Palatine Village Hall. The invitation is the group's second attempt to host such a debate, after Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) was unable to attend the Oct. 4 event. Candidate Leslie Coolidge (D-Barrington) previously accepted the Oct. 4 invitation and has accepted the Oct. 11 invitation. The Roskam for Congress campaign staff indicated the original date was during the time the House Majority Leader asked representatives to serve in Washington DC. Campaign staff said Roskam could not commit to events in his district that week unless the House …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Palatine Patch welcomes letters to the editor. Letters may be submitted to the local editor via email.
To the Editor: The great American job creation machine is stalled. The headline 8.1 percent unemployment rate, which is “adjusted”, understates the un-adjusted 15 percent U6 unemployment rate. To get Americans working again, we need to send people like Peter Roskam to Washington. He understands that over-regulation by the Federal government is restraining job growth. Peter Roskam voted for the Red Tape Reduction Act, to help small businesses reduce burdensome regulatory compliance. He is an influential member of the House Ways and Means Committee, responsible for tax reform to help small and large companies become more globally competitive. He knows business owners like me are hesitant to hire when the Federal Government is constantly …
Friday, September 7, 2012
Glen Ellyn Patch welcomes letters to the editor. Submit letters to Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com.
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Glen Ellyn Patch accepts letters to the editor, which will be posted on the site weekly. The following was submitted by Clarendon Hills resident Janice Kingman. If you're interesting in submitting a letter, e-mail Glen Ellyn Patch Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com. ------------------ To the editor: We are living in very precarious times, where selfish desires and attention-seeking behavior seem to take precedence in Washington. Humility and principled behavior just don’t seem to be qualities many of our public officials possess. And the consequences are costly on many levels. The good news is that we are very fortunate here in the 6th Congressional District to be represented in Washington by Peter Roskam. I am continually …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Glen Ellyn Patch welcomes letters to the editor. Letters may be submitted to Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Glen Ellyn Patch accepts letters to the editor, which will be posted on the site weekly. The following was submitted by Downers Grove resident William Maurer. If you're interesting in submitting a letter, e-mail Glen Ellyn Patch Editor Mary Ann Lopez at maryl@patch.com. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To the editor: As the upcoming election approaches, I took time from my busy family and work schedules to dig a bit deeper into what is going on in Washington. I want to make an informed decision that is not manipulated by the internet, radio or television. Have you ever asked yourself, “What are they accomplishing in Washington?” I investigated this question in early August. I sat down at my computer and started to search. I stumbled upon …
Christina
1:20 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
I m so curious about these continued letters endorsing Rubberstamp Roskam. Someone who left the district feels this guy is doing a really good job even though he doesn't live here anymore. And another letter from someone who apparently just realized that Roskam is his 'representative.' Obviously Roskam's made a huge impression out in St. Charles. Anyway, our representative, Roskam, is too busy … more ›