Cook County Opinion
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Septemberfest crew deserves kudosSep 13, 2018 5:00 am - I just want to commend the public works crew for the backbreaking and excellent job they did at Septemberfest. The staff was polite and nice to those asking for mulch a...
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Thanks to Arlington Heights forestry departmentSep 13, 2018 5:00 am - The last rainstorm brought down a limb of the parkway tree and blocked my driveway. I want to thank the Arlington Heights Forestry Department for rapidly responding and ...
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Time for Palatine to revisit raising the minimum wageSep 13, 2018 5:00 am - On May 8, 2017, Palatine Mayor Jim Schwantz and the Village Council unanimously opted out of the Cook County ordinances increasing the minimum wage and instituting paid ...
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Gifts of serviceSep 10, 2018 1:00 am - I am inspired by those who speak of the dead over those of the living who lead us in Washington. Our examples are Aretha Franklin compared to Donald Trump. John McCain c...
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Candidate demonstrates best of our democracySep 10, 2018 1:00 am - It is my pleasure to endorse Terra Costa Howard for Illinois District 48 state representative. While I was employed as a language arts teacher for eight years at Hadley ...
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Ethics-based choicesSep 10, 2018 1:00 am - With college football starting, the Big 10 should know that my high school daughter will not submit an application for admission to Penn State (child molestation scandal...
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Watch 6th District congressional hopefuls debateSep 09, 2018 1:00 am - The candidates for Congress from Illinois' 6th District appeared before the Daily Herald editorial board in a livestreamed debate on our Facebook page Monday morning. W...
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Randhurst, Kensington taxes should go to D57, not D26Sep 06, 2018 5:00 am - It's a shame that 90 percent of the homeowners who pay taxes on their homes do not realize who gets their tax money. District 57 does not derive any tax money from Kensi...
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Forget the lights, fix the railroad tracksSep 06, 2018 5:00 am - On Aug. 24, a Daily Herald article was headlined "Light ceiling brightens up Arlington Heights." For $54,000 the new steel light poles should be able to handle the weigh...
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Why can't neighborhood kids play at Timber Ridge School?Sep 06, 2018 5:00 am - I read with interest Greg Larsen's letter to Fencepost about spending money on upgrades to Olympic Pool when we already have a pool at Prospect High School that is empty...