Last year, I did not watch the Super Bowl. I turned it off during the pregame, Black Lives Matter, whites are racist and the rest. I’ve lost good jobs because of Affirmative Action. Now that at all major sports push their America is still unfair to Blacks agenda, I refuse to watch or attend any sporting events.

Guy, Oak Lawn

With all the wacky woke Democrats changing sports teams names because they say it’s racist or oppressive in which many years before there was no problem with these names. I wonder if these same woke people want to change Washington Capitals hockey team to the Washington Socialists.

Bob, Frankfort

Kim Foxx does nothing for Cook County. They get people out of jail for nothing, don’t even give them a fine. And then Jessie Jackson and the almighty Rev. Pfleger are just as bad. Nobody does anything for BLM, they got more than anybody now and they want more. I don’t know what they want, but they should learn this is America, we all have rights, not just them.

Corky, Manhattan

Leo in Oak Lawn, there should be no mystery or surprise about the amount of your first half property tax bill from Cook County. It’s 55% of your total tax bill last year. Therefore, it’s the amount you could have calculated and known last summer.

Ken, Orland Park

Now that it is property tax season, can we expect Trump to pay his fair share in taxes? And if he hasn’t been, thanks to the help of Ald. Burke, will the county be going after him for back taxes?

D, Chicago

I just went to mail a letter and all the mailboxes where I usually mail a letter from are gone. I don’t know if someone stole them or if the post office decided they shouldn’t be there. I guess I’ll just have to give my mail to my mail carrier when he delivers my mail at 8 p.m.

Kevin, Oak Lawn

I love how politicians and activists pick and choose what they’re outraged about. They’re furious that Jason Van Dyke is getting out of jail early. Lots of criminals only serve partial sentences before being released. It happens all the time. They don’t complain when a rapist gets out early, or a robber. When that happens, they call it “restorative justice.”

Joan, Oak Forest

The free KN95 face mask from the federal government is very uncomfortable. The ones we got at our grocery store have two rubber bands that go behind the head, one above the ears and one below. The other problem with them is that the air you exhaled is also the air you breathe right back in because the mask is so dense. It’s like they want to get rid of people because the world is over populated. I’m sure that’s not the case, but I think wearing these masks all day or even a few hours is very unhealthy.

Carl F., Calumet Park

FYI, to RL, Orland Park, your ZIP code, 60462, is not included for the five free COVID-19 test kits provided by Illinois. You couldn’t have ordered them by phone as it is only online ordering from AccessCovidTests.org. You may have ordered four kits from the federal government, CovidTests.gov, by providing name and address, but not from the state. I also ordered from the federal government via the Postal Service Jan. 15, and have not heard a word, so good luck waiting for yours.

Dan, Palos Heights

News to Paul, Tinley Park. Full vaccination and vax cards protect no one from contracting or spreading COVID-19. The advantage of vaccines is solely to the individual in that it helps the body fight the virus. Of the 800,000 people in the US who have died from COVID-19 (more than half on Biden’s watch), only 750 have been children 12 and under. Would it not have been wise for the Biden administration to focus on getting the at-risk population vaccinated instead of mandating everyone get vaccinated? The mandates are not about safety. They are about control. It is time for the fascists to give up the mandates.

David, Tinley Park

So the president talked about many thing to bring the country together but has not fulfilled any of them except to make thing worse, especially the southern border where drugs and people are coming in through in large numbers. It’s future votes for the current party to end up with a one-party system and no opposition and that is what socialism would be like. The big wigs in Washington want to control you from the day you are born until the day you die and everything in between because they think government can do it all and than we will no longer be free to make our own decisions.

Jim, Lansing

Mask wearing should never have been confusing or complicated, but that’s what we made it. We cover our coughs and sneezes when we have colds. Unlike the common cold, COVID-19 is more contagious and potentially more serious, even deadly. It’s spread simply by breathing. What we have been is inconsiderate, and in some cases, downright nasty.

Mary, Tinley Park

President Biden made a promise that if he became president he would nominate a Black woman for the Supreme Court. Nevertheless, this leaves a lot of people upset. Our Supreme Court should look like America. The complainers should look back a few years ago when President Trump selected his choice, a man who had a shady past that was investigated by the FBI, and was pushed through anyway. Where was the outrage then. Now it’s a Black woman that will be nominate and the gloves go off.

BJ, Hazel Crest

Why do early morning joggers, mostly woman jog by themselves. It is dangerous. There are muggers and rapists plying the streets looking for the opportunity to assault these joggers. Use common sense and go with a partner.

Mr. G., Chicago