Cook County Opinion
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Does Mount Prospect need another park?May 03, 2018 1:00 am - Regarding Steve Zalusky's article on the demolition of two former Busse family homes across from Village Hall to build yet another park - it seems unnecessary. I say thi...
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Editorial: Even pre-screened leader candidates need critical eyeMay 02, 2018 11:00 pm - There are several cautionary messages that emerge from the short, bumpy tenure of former Des Plaines school superintendent Floyd Williams Jr., but perhaps the most surpr...
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A stand against public-paid golden parachutesMay 01, 2018 11:00 pm - What happens when a top government administrator gets sent packing? Often, lawyers for the employer and employee negotiate, a severance package is worked out, all agree ...
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Yes, you can be anti-abortion and pro-choiceApr 30, 2018 1:00 am - Bravo and thanks to Kim Cavill for her excellent insight on abortion. She well illustrated the bottom line, behaviorally, on why abortions should remain legal, and justi...
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Plenty still want to hear from ClintonApr 30, 2018 1:00 am - I was disheartened to read Raleigh Sutton mansplaining why Hillary Clinton should "stay at home and leave us alone." I am actually interested in what Hillary Clinton has...
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School board vs. the public interestApr 30, 2018 1:00 am - Alienating the South community is something that the Hinsdale High School District 86 board may not be trying to do, but it may be succeeding in alienating the South com...
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Editorial: The expensive risk College of DuPage has placed on taxpayersApr 28, 2018 2:00 pm - It was almost three years ago that we warned that the College of DuPage Board was risking the public's money in what we described as its "obsessive and oddly venomous" f...
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Such a deal at election boardApr 28, 2018 1:00 am - I attended the meeting of the DuPage County Election Commission on April 9. The meeting lasted 23 minutes. The Board of Commissioners covered the following: the pledge, ...
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Maybe we should seize repeat drunk drivers' carsApr 28, 2018 1:00 am - The front page of the April 24 Herald depicts the mug shots of Christopher Clingingsmith and his 12 driving arrests from 1987 to 2018. That's 30 years. It would not be p...
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Regulating gun dealers will not workApr 28, 2018 1:00 am - I write this in response to your advocacy for state regulation of firearms dealers. Illinois has failed its citizens in nearly every aspect of government, yet you assert...