Cook County Opinion
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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...
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No, ERA would not hurt womenApr 28, 2018 1:00 am - Let's start by actually looking at the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Section 1 says "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United St...
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Elgin needs online votingApr 27, 2018 1:00 am - There has been an extremely low voter turnout in Elgin, and the percentage of eligible voters that vote is constantly decreasing. The city of Elgin should create online ...
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Elk Grove Jewel deserves the creditApr 26, 2018 5:00 am - Over the 2017 holiday season there was a small blurb about the Elk Grove Village Fire Department delivering meals to District 59 schools. Though the fire department did ...
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Give it up, HillaryApr 25, 2018 1:00 am - Well, Hillary Clinton is out and about again whining about losing the election. Let's face it, she ran a bad show: she was arrogant, uninspiring, and was out gamed by Tr...
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Tax explanations focus only on short-termApr 25, 2018 1:00 am - It appears that the intended central message of Mr. Roskam's re-election campaign is to explain the complicated effects of the tax bill on higher-income residents. I sup...
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Food co-op among candidates for Lombard siteApr 25, 2018 1:00 am - Prairie Food Co-op to submit proposal The recent article about four proposals being considered for the property at 101 S. Main St. in Lombard neglected to say that...