Cook County Opinion
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Isn't one life worth $8,800?Sep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - In the Sept. 1 Courier News (and online at www.dailyherald.com) was an article by Sarah Longwell, who is the managing director of the American Beverage Institute, an ass...
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Kiwanis Club: Thanks for suppliesSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The staff and students of Hanover Countryside, Oakhill, Ridge Circle and Sunnydale would like to thank the Kiwanis Club of Streamwood. This organization collected school...
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Village should reinstate wood-smoke banSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The Aug. 27 letter to the editor by Bill Fischer entitled "Pollution control begins at home" was thought-provoking but convoluted. He is partially correct that pollution...
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Komen walkers buoyed by cheering crowdsSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - I was a walker in the Susan G. Komen breast cancer 3-day a couple of weeks ago. I'm sure you could tell we were in town by the traffic jams at several of your busiest in...
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Let's put brakes on lavish cash flowSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights should be known as "The Village That Can't Say 'No.'" The schools wanted $16 million for air conditioning for possibly two months of the year, May and ...
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Obama's politics don't reflect faithSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama claims to be a man of faith, right? I watched him during the Saddleback Forum as he aligned himself with Christianity and explained what it meant to him, b...
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Not a lot to say for CN/EJ&E mergerSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - As a 12-year resident of Barrington I am quite interested in the proposed acquisition of the EJ&E line by CN Railroad. After spending several days researching the benefi...
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Economic theory is full of holesSep 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you, Donald Totten, for your tutorial on Supply Side Economics, aka Trickle Down Economics on Aug. 30. Let's take Donald's simplistic theory and tweak it. Which is...
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U-46 bias suit about more than just raceSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - When I read in The Daily Herald that a federal judge granted class action status to the racial discrimination lawsuit against Elgin School District U-46 and that is has ...
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Don't bulldoze Bensenville yetSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Currently, O'Hare expansion is being plagued with a perfect financial storm - construction costs that are much more than anticipated combined with an airline industry th...