Cook County Opinion
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Fooling ourselves on economic planJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The United States government is expanding at an alarming rate, far beyond the capability of the taxpayers to pay for it. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office sees...
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Tragedy illustrates need for trainingJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The events of last week's deadly house fire in Arlington Heights should remind us of the continued need for fire safety education in our schools. The Finnerty children w...
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Protests 'favoritism' over Blues FestJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Last year I publicly expressed that in my 40 years of operating my restaurant Ye Olde Town Inn in Mount Prospect, I have never seen such a shamelessly blatant abuse of m...
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Consider being a child's advocateJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - I am writing to address the importance of children having a voice in our court system. With the high case load in our current juvenile court system, some children still ...
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Citizens, paper can both do a better jobJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - I agree with Mr. Willis Farnham's concern (May 4th Letter to Editor) regarding local issues in ones own community. I also agree with his viewpoint that newspapers could ...
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Band's name in bad taste for family festJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - (Regarding the band Cherry-Poppin' Daddies, which is appearing at this year's Frontier Days): Did anyone on the committee consider the insinuation of this band's name? P...
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Cut salaries before you hike taxesJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Quinn's campaign to shame lawmakers and taxpayers into a tax increase is shameful. Illinois state employees, professors, teachers and, yes, executive, legislative a...
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Identical wakes for McNamee twins, 22 years apartJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Although it is difficult to remember what I did last Tuesday, I distinctly remember where I was 22 years ago last Tuesday. I was standing on a tree-shrouded driveway off...
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Airport is drag, not boon to economyJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Justifying taxpayer subsidies and special property tax breaks for the Schaumburg Airport Mayor Al Larson recently said "We (the Village of Schaumburg) are in the busines...
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Local reflections on Memorial DayJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - What memories do you have of Memorial Day Weekend? Saturday and Sunday there were parades across our country. Sunday night was the great Memorial Concert honoring our 10...