Cook County Opinion
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Word choice shows paper's political biasAug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - I am quite sure that you are not as tired of reading my screeds as I am of writing them. I subscribe to your newspaper for the main purpose of getting the news, i.e. fac...
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Saturday Soapbox: DuPage County and Fox ValleyAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Time for an explanation: The wall of silence Naperville's park district board has created around recently hired executive director Daniel Betts' sudden "leave of absence...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook and Lake countiesAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Out-of-the-box thinking It will be interesting to see how Palatine's unorthodox approach to dealing with stormwater pans out. The village has started a pilot program to ...
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No plan to remove illegal immigrantsAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - I can't even begin to describe the disappointment with ICE, and its commitment to remove illegals in Illinois communities. We have heard time and time again about identi...
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Solutions, not talk, needed on energyAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - With gas prices soaring, Dan Seals and his supporters have tried to attack Congressman Mark Kirk on energy. Calling Kirk just another Big Oil candidate, Seals tries to ...
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Police no help with noise complaintAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - I am a veteran that lost over half of my hearing while serving our country. I went to Wheeling freedom fest on Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 and I found it very enjoyable. Pr...
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Hold new Con-Con to reform IllinoisAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - This November's ballot will ask Illinois voters if there should be a Constitutional Convention ("Con-Con"). The last one was held in the '70s. If you are upset to hoppi...
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Is Obama a foreign policy expert now?Aug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - So merely traveling overseas now qualifies as adding to one's foreign policy experience? As a 17-year-old stumbling from one German beer garden to another, it never occ...
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Why do we put up with all of this?Aug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - What does it take for the voters in this state to wake up and smell the coffee? The city of Chicago run by the Democrats, while run pretty well by the Daleys, is curren...
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Daley, Olympics and public moneyAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and everyone else have said "No public money will be used for the Olympics (like O'Hare)." Thus, who is paying for Daley's trip to China, for...