Cook County Opinion
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Thanks to library foundation headJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - On behalf of the residents of Glen Ellyn and the members of the Glen Ellyn Library Foundation, I would like to recognize and thank Ray Cliff for serving as foundation pr...
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Follow recommendations, ComEdJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - We were heartened to see the July 3 Fence Post letter from Calvin Butler, senior vice president of ComEd regarding maintenance along the Great Western Trail. We have lon...
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Stop the presses! Itasca, indeed, sets world recordJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Records, they say, are made to be broken. And when we got a little confused on whether the village of Itasca had, indeed, broken the much-coveted Largest Parade of Subar...
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Don't single out pit bullsJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - I would just like to provide a comment on the "dog issue/ban" discussions that may be going on within the city of Elgin. I have lived in Elgin for 25 years, the past 10-...
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Stop paying health care for noncitizensJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - I will take the state budget "crisis" more seriously when we stop providing Medicaid coverage to noncitizens. Many of the people we have been covering are not poor. In f...
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Not griping about all county workersJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to Joe Bauer and his ill-informed commentary in the July 5 Fence Post regarding my initial letter about Du Page County hiring practices: Mr. Bauer claims to ...
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Vouchers better than health-care planJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I agree 100 percent with U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's opposition to Mr. Obama's public health care plan. Supporters of Mr. Obama's health care plan constantly use "affordabi...
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If dangerous, then no turns on redJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I agree with Sen. Dan Duffy's letter published Wednesday. If these red-light camera intersections are supposed to be so dangerous why not put no turn on red signs at the...
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Save us money, restrict turns on redJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read the letter from state Sen. Dan Duffy of Barrington. I agree with him completely. The red light camera, such as the one at Woodfield, has caused drivers more ...
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Please explain health-care planJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - OK. So everyone is going to get health insurance and it will "only" cost the U.S. taxpayers $600 billion to get a government-backed program that will expand coverage, pr...