Cook County Opinion
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Elitism drives city's golf course plansJul 22, 2017 1:00 am - The mayor and the Chicago Park District are planning on closing two nice golf courses, South Shore and Jackson Park, which I have played, along with nature preserves, to...
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Photo controversy shows deep class divideJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - While the entire school and community knows by now about the controversy involving a picture tweeted by some Barrington High School girls, many people still argue over w...
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Statue removal is properJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - The removal of Robert E. Lee's statue should be cheered. He was directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands Americans in order to preserve the idea tha...
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GOP reps should resign or retireJul 21, 2017 12:01 am - Republican State Representatives Steve Andersson of Geneva and Mike Fortner of West Chicago have so poorly represented taxpayers by voting for a permanent 32 percent inc...
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A fraud 'fishing trip'Jul 20, 2017 1:00 am - Unless I missed something in the translation, why does President Trump need my voter data? My Social Security number and my party affiliation are personal and private. ...
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Climate just one sign of Trump's isolationismJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - The recent column by Byron York calls the Trump dismissal of the Paris Climate Accord the primary factor in the growing outcry that his administration is abdicating the ...
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Editorial: Finding small relief under the enduring specter of John Wayne GacyJul 19, 2017 11:00 pm - And then there were six. Another of John Wayne Gacy's victims has been identified - a 16-year-old Minnesota runaway, Jimmie Haakenson, who called his mom from Chicago in...
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Invocations acceptable at government meetingsJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - I wish to voice an alternate position to that in a letter posted on June 29 expressing displeasure at a chaplain's invocation at a county board meeting in DuPage County....
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Consult experts in health care policyJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - As our representatives in Congress continue to work on altering the Affordable Care Act, I hope they seek out and make use of the best information available about what w...
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Budget business as usualJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - Our Illinois legislators finally passed a budget, and basically decided to kick the proverbial can farther down the road. Gov. Rauner, whom the people of Illinois voted ...