Cook County Opinion
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Legislators, governor, start talking nowMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In less than two weeks' time, the Illinois General Assembly's spring session is supposed to close. May 29th is the scheduled conclusion. It's not happening. By June 1, D...
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Now, let's get back to eliminating tollsMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It is good to learn that the Illinois Tollway Commission is taking action to clear up the confusion caused by the failure of its contracted services to notify toll viola...
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Stroger reminds us he doesn't get itMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you Officer Pusateri (front page news story, Wednesday) for letting Mr. Stroger know how we suburbanites feel about his management of Cook County. Further into th...
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Anatomy of what will be an Obama nomination victoryMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Green is director, Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University Chicago and Schaumburg As the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination battle winds down (despite Hilla...
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Our candidates are hand-picked for usMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - On April 30 (Fence Post), Steve J. Kogut Jr. lamented that considering all the possible candidates we could have for president, why is it that the current list of winner...
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The high cost of illegal immigrantsMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Today we hear so much about the dire straits our Social Security is facing. In the not too distant future, the fund will become insolvent. In 1980, 100,000 Cubans ente...
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Why don't we have true energy policy?May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The United States has never had a national energy policy. The closest we've come to one was during the Carter Administration with 55 miles per hour speed limits and pen...
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U.S. drugs have foreign ingredientsMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Listening to the news on ABC, there was a segment presented about the tragic situation of the drug Heparin manufactured by Baxter Laboratories with ingredients provided ...
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Praise for heroes on the home frontMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Ed Szydlowski didn't hesitate when he heard a woman's cries for help as smoke billowed from her home. The Carpentersville village engineer from Hampshire immediately ran...
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Double standard in presidential raceMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - How could a man running for president and calling himself a Christian accept an endorsement from a piece of garbage like the Rev. John Hagee? What a double standard and ...