Cook County Opinion
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Elgin building root of problemsMay 18, 2008 11:00 pm - My husband and I purchased our home located in the Near West Neighborhood in 2003 with hopes of rehabilitating a historical home. As being a lifelong resident of Elgin ...
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Kudos to alert crossing guardMay 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Kudos to alert crossing guard On Tuesday, May 6, I saw the crossing guard at Campanelli School prevent a possibly tragic accident. I was heading north on Springinsguth a...
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Sometimes we all need a little helpMay 18, 2008 11:00 pm - As I was driving down Aptakisic Road on Friday at my typical time on my typical route to my typical job, something changed the routine. Traffic was unusually backed up. ...
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Don't risk a perception of favoritismMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Lake Zurich was in a quandary. An ambitious and controversial plan to raze and rebuild nearly all of Main Street through downtown was going nowhere, even after the villa...
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News media is helping ObamaMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The media is winning the nomination for Obama. I'm seriously troubled with the so-called pundits and cable news anchors who constantly fail to recognize Sen. Clinton's h...
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A big thank you for library serviceMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The Sugar Grove Library Friends wanted to inform residents of the Sugar Grove Library District that library board members Ken Wiesner and Erin Erickson have stepped down...
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Get facts straight on war, recessionMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Get facts straight on war, recession Amy Cihak, in a recent letter, attempted to blame the War on Terror for "the recession." Putting aside the fact that unemployment a...
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Two suggestions to save AmericaMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Can we save America? Let me make two suggestions. One, force everyone who works in this country to have a Social Security number , pay income tax and pay into Social Sec...
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Stop board attacks in CarpentersvilleMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The continuing personal attacks by Carpentersville village board President William Sarto directed at Trustee Paul Humpfer have paralyzed the village. Sarto does not have...
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Two wrongs that don't make a rightMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm writing in response to two letters -- "Constable misses progress in Iraq" and "Maher's Catholic jokes are bigotry" -- not because I disagree with their points of vie...