Cook County Opinion
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New agency should manage stimulusMar 13, 2009 11:00 pm - The economic stimulus package will not perform as advertised, not because it isn't sufficiently capitalized nor the proper mix of spending and tax incentives. The reason...
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Stick with success in Vernon TownshipMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - In a recent letter to Fence Post, John Billis complains that the Vernon Township Assessor Gary Raupp and the Vernon Township Supervisor Bill Peterson are not doing their...
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Don't mess with Mr. In BetweenMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - As we are bombarded with negativity, and have been since the Democrats began campaigning more than two years ago, the words of a song from my youth are forefront in my b...
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Ritter for president in CarpentersvilleMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - After attending the majority of Carpentersville village board meetings over the last several years, and witnessing some of the drama that has played out during those mee...
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Students shouldn't be political pawnsMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Area schools run elections and mock elections with some regularity. When they do, all candidates, or those portraying them, typically get a chance to campaign, to presen...
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Could this be GOP helping GOP?Mar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The Jan. 14 minutes from the Addison Township meeting shows Resolution TR-2009-01 approving a lease agreement for office space for Republican State Rep. Dennis Reboletti...
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Isn't there a better word than 'hero?'Mar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - So often we hear our military, nurses, doctors, teachers, firemen, policemen, etc. referred to as "heroes." They are not heroes; they are normal socially responsible Ame...
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Tie pay, perks to CEO performanceMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The cap on bonuses for CEOs who are begging for money to stay afloat because they have mismanaged their jobs to the point of bankruptcy - is that supposed to make the ta...
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Bailed out banks should be kinderMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Even after a lavish bank bailout, banks are allowed to charge the jobless a fee for accessing their unemployment benefits? Insane! Why a mandate forbidding this practice...
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Bible spells out why Obama is wrongMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Why did we elect a pro-abortion president and his pro-abortion Democratic leadership for Congress who are taking aim at unborn children, with their radical pro-abortion ...