Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Politics 101 hit county taxpayersSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - The recent award for the construction of a West Side parking lot by partisan Democrats of the Cook County Board deserves one more level of taxpayer scrutiny - "big-time....
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Palin's politics smack of failureSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Watching Sarah Palin's speech last night was validation that John McCain plans to run his campaign with the same approach used by George W. Bush. He plans to stoke our f...
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Abboud's record beats Manzullo'sSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - You would think that if you served 16 years in Congress, the one edge you should have is experience on your opponent. For the first time in our memory, that is simply n...
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Requirements for office not helpingSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - In the State of Illinois, in order to run for the tax assessors' office you have to have a specific course completed in order to run for that office. Even if you have a ...
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Discrimination in funding is evilSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - I support Sen. Meeks in his drive for equal funding for education and call on my fellow suburban residents to rally around this very worthwhile cause. I look forward to...
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Palin isn't 'every' woman's candidateSep 05, 2008 11:00 pm - I find it offensive that the John McCain's campaign can pick a vice presidential nominee who's a woman and really believe that she appeals to "every" woman. I'm "every"...