Cook County Opinion
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Foster helping to ease gas problemJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Our high gas prices are not going to be saved by drilling for the next 30 years in ANWR, Saudi Arabia or anywhere else. This is a long-term problem that could have been ...
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Time to send an energetic messageJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - I have a proposal that would increase good paying jobs (that's what the politicians keep calling for) and to be less dependent on foreign oil. First, the Washington pol...
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Poverty should be made unthinkableJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Richard Kaiser's letter to the Fence Post on Monday was typical of the misguided zealotry often displayed by the right to lifers. Mr. Kaiser offers readers figures fro...
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Best way to balance the state budgetJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The governor should get together with the legislative leaders immediately and propose a cut in all state and municipal salaries by 25 percent -- and put a freeze on all ...
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Common sense beats experienceJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - McCain thinks experience counts. Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld had experience and got us into a war in Iraq which is a disaster. Also, the conflict in Afghanistan is gettin...
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ComEd surcharge is not justifiedJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - This letter is in regards to the ComEd article on June 5 that states ComEd may be asking us to pay a permanent $3 monthly surcharge to help pay for an upgrade of the ele...
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New Sunday section takes new look at TV, travel, things to doJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Change, we know, is inevitable. Change for the better is imperative. "Not only is everything changing, but everything exists in relationship to something else that is ch...
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Enough criticism, focus on positiveJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - It's been really promising seeing so many letters sent in supporting Dan Seals candidacy for Congress. However, I've noticed Kirk supporters aren't as focused on promoti...
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Kirk pulls his own gas price stuntsJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk is once again offering to put bandages on major problems in this country. He continuously votes for the conservative agenda of tax cuts for the wealthy, prote...
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Lawsuits drive up cost of health careJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Richard Keller is wrong when he says Congressman Kirk doesn't see the problems in our health care system. Keller and Kirk just disagree on what the problems are. Medicai...