Cook County Opinion
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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 ...
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Appalled at board in CarpentersvilleMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - As a 46-year resident of Carpentersville, I must say I thought I had seen everything when it comes to the incompetency on the village board, but this latest episode beat...
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Disability laws not taken seriouslyMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Over four years ago, there was a meeting in Elgin that included my self, city representatives and the Illinois Attorney General's Disability Rights Division. The meeting...
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The outrageous hike in assessmentsMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Wheeling Township total assessed valuation increases 30 percent, or 10 percent per year since the last reassessment. Total 2007 assessed valuation for 59,511 parcels is ...
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Leaving accident scene inexcusableMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading about the horrific accident this past weekend along I-90 near Route 31 in which two people died and three others were injured, I am upset with the person o...
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What has Obama done for America?May 13, 2008 11:00 pm - What has Obama done for America since he has been in the Senate? He is a smooth talker and so is his wife. He has been pulling more money than Hillary Clinton but that d...