Coverage of arrest missing details about Neuqua Valley teacher
I am writing to request fair coverage of the arrest of my brother-in-law, William Schaub. (“Neuqua Valley HS teacher charged with having sexual contact with student,” April 4 Naperville Sun)
Your coverage did not include a statement from the Naperville Police Department in which they “remind the public and news media that a charge is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.”
He has been accused via an anonymous tip. Your coverage does not include the fact that he has been a teacher for 17 years with no previous incidents and, in fact, was teacher of the year several of those years. It does not include the fact that he is in a long-term healthy marriage and is a father of four children, one who has special needs.
It certainly doesn’t cover the fact that he was working while he earned his master’s degree so that he could be the best teacher and family provider possible. You seem to have also left out the fact that he is a beloved uncle to 28 nieces and nephews who have enjoyed decades of vacations with him. Your coverage has all the feels of the Salem witch trials.
I worked for 35 years in child protective services and my master’s degree included a concentration in the treatment of childhood trauma. I am not trained to spot a guilty or innocent person. I know this man is moral and, in my heart, innocent. Please try to bring some perspective to this coverage.
Joan Pierson, Deltaville, Virginia
Foster and other members of Congress need to impeach Trump
This week, our U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, did not directly respond to questions about whether he supports impeaching Donald Trump from office. This is upsetting and I am unhappy seeing this lack of foresight and leadership from my district’s representative.
As a concerned citizen and voter from Naperville, it’s obvious that Trump is leading the country into authoritarianism. His threats not to leave at the end of this term are highly credible. Hyperbole about the danger of his administration, from the economy to education and science to civil rights, has become reality. He and his cabinet are lawless, unaccountable to our justice system and have committed a multitude of crimes. If we don’t impeach him now, American democracy may not survive his path of destruction.
I am not willing to risk that.
I am encouraging Congressman Foster to publicly commit to upholding one of their most fundamental democratic roles, removing tyrants from office. Commitment to these basic facts — that Trump is a tyrant and Congress needs to act now to get him out of the White House — will be a major litmus test for any 2026 candidate. I hope we get a good response from them on this critical issue soon.
Marcia Edel, Naperville
Lots of promises being made by our commander in chief
“I will stop the war in Ukraine my first day in office.”
“I will make Canada the 51st state.”
“I will buy Greenland from Denmark if I have to use force.”
“I will make this a great country again.”
“I will give everyone more money than they have ever had.”
There are so many more. Our president has never heard about the pronoun “we.”
Don’t laugh, Democrats. You had a president where the lights were on but there was nobody home. A man who hid from the public with good reason. A man who almost encouraged illegals and pardoned his useless son after stating he would not pardon him.
Let me add one promise of my own: “Mr. Trump, if you don’t stop the tariff war, I will be broke.”
What a wonderful country.
Charles Brown, Naperville
Naperville’s election opening door to Chicago-style politics
Now that partisan politics has raised its ugly head in our local elections, what does this mean for our city?
We only need to look to Chicago to see our future.
Mary Derwinski, Naperville
How much is too much when it comes to free speech?
It seems that my letter to the editor (March 19 Naperville Sun) about the David McGrath column titled, “If there’s a revolution against Trump, count me in,” (March 5, Naperville Sun) was misunderstood.
The two responses I have read seem to be willing to argue over words like propaganda, inflammatory, legitimate journalism and Jan 6. (Remember “marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” Oops, that got ignored/white-washed/forgotten in the biased media and a compromised Congress.)
But my purpose was to ask why this article was not over the line. We all have the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech but you are not allowed to yell fire in a crowded theater. The McGrath column was his vision of what a revolution against President Trump would look like and how he would participate.
This leaves me wondering what would be over the line. What would not be printed? If the column in question resulted in another nut job deciding it was time for a third assassination attempt on President Trump and this column were found in the assassin’s possession, who would be in trouble? The author of the column or the paper for printing the column?
Is it wrong to ask for a bit of caution? There is a bill pending in the Minnesota General Assembly that would create a law requiring psychiatric organizations to include Trump-derangement-syndrome on the list of mental illnesses.
J. McDonald, Naperville
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