Cook County Opinion
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Drunken driver should be deportedJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Mateo Ortiz, who is in the country illegally, hit someone while driving drunk. Judge Thomas Fecarotta sentenced Ortiz (who already has four drunken driving cases pending...
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Take a look at who is punished for DUIJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - With all the articles written about the changes in the drinking laws passed in January, I have only one wish, and that is that they would pass the law as enforced. It is...
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Gay couple's photo offends manyJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - On Christmas Day and again on Jan. 7, the Daily Herald included a photo and blurb (Back Page section) about homosexuals Lindsay Lohan and her lover Samantha Ronson. Publ...
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Quit pouting over stimulus packageJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - One of the Republican leaders in Congress has appeared on several TV news programs crying crocodile tears over the $850 billion economic recovery bill and lamenting that...
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Illinois doesn't need any more big egosJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Roland Burris acts as the anointed one. I thought I'd heard it all about ambition and our President until I read the AP article "Low profile, high ambition." Roland Bur...
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New signs are not really necessaryJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Who pays for this? OK, so let me get this straight. The state is running a deficit, programs are being cut, talk about raising taxes abounds because of the deficit but w...
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Here's an offer Illinois can't refuseJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Hey Illinois! Need a new Governor? Need a new Senator? I'll do either one of those jobs for $10,000 a year, an apartment within walking distance of work (studio apartmen...
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State needs to make cuts like businessesJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - State legislature needs to freeze wages of all state employees immediately. This should be the first action for the legislature to take because of the magnitude of the b...
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Candidates: We need your e-mail addressesJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - One hundred and one. Not dalmations; that's the number of local governments falling within our circulation area in DuPage County. Twenty nine school districts. Twenty tw...
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Snow only adds to a jogger's workoutJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - If you are a walker/jogger, snow on the sidewalk should not be a bother. In fact, snow will help you by making you lift your legs higher which will strengthen your front...