Cook County Opinion
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Time to complete approval of ERAOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - We have been considering the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution for 94 years. It's time to wind up this unfinished business. The proposed ERA says ...
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Time to reset on Lombard library planOct 17, 2017 12:01 am - While Lombard voters, in November 2016 mind you, approved an unprecedented increase in the tax rate for the Helen Plum Library District here we are nearly a year later w...
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Putting cell tower in Rolling Meadows park is all wrongOct 16, 2017 5:00 am - The Rolling Meadows Park Board has entered into a contract with Verizon to lease park land for a 75-foot cell tower, to be located on a footprint the size of an original...
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More than 10,000 saw The Wall in Des Plaines, thanks to hundreds of helpersOct 16, 2017 5:00 am - The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2992 wishes to acknowledge and thank the many people and organizations that made the visit of The Wall That Heals possible. Volunteer c...
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Why Buffalo Grove is great place to liveOct 16, 2017 5:00 am - Here's a reason why I think Buffalo Grove is a Best Place to live. Unknown to me, my neighbor had a major accident and is confined to a wheelchair. She also has three ...
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How can library use taxpayer funds to promote illegal immigration?Oct 16, 2017 5:00 am - Regarding the (now canceled) immigration program at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, it is clear that the mission statement of this program was not about immigrat...
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Hanover Township offers so much moreOct 16, 2017 5:00 am - I appreciate when our local newspaper highlights the much-needed programs and services Hanover Township provides to the community. However, I want to take a moment to of...
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We must get control of national debtOct 16, 2017 1:00 am - Our president has suggested doing away with the debt ceiling and just keep spending as needed. He also has told us that our national debt will be gone in eight years by ...
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Now is the right time to discuss gun controlOct 16, 2017 1:00 am - Every time a mass shooting occurs in this country, we hear, "Now is not the time to discuss gun controls." When is the right time? There have been more than 1,500 mass ...
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Health-care signup deadline coming soonOct 16, 2017 1:00 am - Did you know ACA enrollment starts Nov. 1? Last year at this time, TV was loaded with advertisements to enroll in the Affordable Care Act. This year, it's just people li...