Cook County Opinion
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Democrats are just as responsibleMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - As the stimulus package was going through Congress, all I've heard from President Obama and the Democratic lawmakers is how bad the economy is that they inherited from G...
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History shows there is no global warmingMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - The weather has been making headlines the last few months, lower than normal temperatures and near record early winter snowfall. Temperatures in Chicago, as measured at ...
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Stimulus packages just wasteful frillsMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I am voicing my disappointment with both U.S. Representatives for our area, Bill Foster and Melissa Bean, for supporting the recent $787 billion pork bill. Where this bi...
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Keep tax code out of gay marriage debateMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Peter Gennuso in a letter to Fence Post expertly explains that many of the marital rights that gay couples refer to while making a case for marriage are not rights after...
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What happens to stimulus money?Mar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I just reviewed a listing of allotments contained in the new "stimulus" bill and it blew my mind! Who was (were) the authors, and how did they ever ascertain how much to...
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Higher standard needed for objectorsMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - I attended the College of DuPage Election Board hearings in support of candidates whose appearance on the ballot was being challenged for trivial or exaggerated objectio...
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Close bank satellites before bailing outMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Say no to the bailout until banks sell some assets such as the thousands of satellite banking centers. If there are as many little banks on every other intersection as t...
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Do your job, which isn't raising taxesMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - It is so good to see our Illinois politicians getting back to the work of the people. First order of business, raise taxes. They won't raise all the taxes yet, just the ...
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Corruption is not new in IllinoisMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Years ago one of my acquaintances who was working with one of the cities in the area, asked me to buy some tickets to a golf tournament for the mayor of that town. I sai...
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Think of the cost, not what we getMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - "So, how much do we get?" Shame on you, Daily Herald, for this headline! It should have read,"How much is it going to cost our children and our grandchildren!" If Mr. Ob...