Remember those Council votes
When these aldermen are running for re-election, please don’t break your promise to remind us of the names of the 25 aldermen who voted against giving the Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson oversight over their aldermanic slush funds for neighborhood improvements. History has proven over and over that Chicago’s aldermen regularly stray off of the straight and narrow path of honesty.
Lee J. Regner, Park Ridge
Presidency is high stress
The job of president of the United States is a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week job. It is a high-stress job, capable of causing heart trouble and/or maybe a stroke. It takes a higher toll on the person than a normal job. We need to be mindful of the fact that if Bernie Sanders wins the election, his chosen vice president could very well wind up in that job. Retirement is for the older generation for a reason. Just take a good look at the gray hair on our current, very young President Barack Obama.
Trump, if he wins the election, represents another reason to be very careful of just who could wind up as our next president. Edwina Jackson, Longwood Manor
Trump vs. the pope on immigration
We have clearly gone through the looking glass. Trump accuses the pope of being “political” on the issue of immigration. Guess what, Donald, contrary to the bogus platitudes you spout to sound “Christian,” you have not a clue about the foundational principal of Christianity. Love of neighbor is not a “political ” stance. It is what the pope stands for when he stands with the disenfranchised on the border of Mexico.
Edward David Juillard, West Beverly