Cook County Opinion
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Don't memorialize five crash victimsMay 03, 2008 11:00 pm - It is wrong to erect a memorial for the five teenagers who were tragically killed in a car accident. I, too, have experienced the incomprehensible pain and grief of losi...
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Families reeling from endless taxesMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - On Monday night, I took part in a telephone town hall with congressional candidate Steve Greenberg and State Sen. Matt Murphy. The topic was the endless taxes imposed o...
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Get involved in helping ObamaMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - As a suburban mayor who wants to see our country move forward in November, I urge others to join me in staying fired up till the finish line of not only this nomination ...
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Learning to deal with cyberbullyingMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you for giving front page coverage to Amy Boerema's excellent article on cyberbullying. Our children have the advantage of living with sophisticated electronic ...
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Saturday soapbox: Time to act on Winfield underpassMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Time to act on Winfield underpass Winfield trustees would do well to heed the warning of Village Manager William Barlow: Act fast on long-debated plans for a pedestrian ...
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Take the time to visit loved onesMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - This is a story about real people. These people live in a nursing home and wait anxiously for their loved ones to visit them. Their faces are sad and they touch me in a...
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Protect residential area from trafficMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - As a 32-year resident of Brandywine in Villa Park, my concern is Oakbrook Terrace's planned extension of Ardmore Avenue from 16th Street to Butterfield Road, increasing...
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Village missing in forest preserve buyMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Now that news is out about the imminent $5.7 million acquisition by the Lake County Forest Preserve District of land in Long Grove, there is no shortage of happy talk, p...
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Saturday soapbox: No long wait, nice photo, nice peopleMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Remember the epic horror stories of waiting in line at the Secretary of State's office for a new driver's license for days on end, only to walk away with a plastic card ...
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Don't ask seniors to read gas metersMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - From the how-could-things-get-any-worse department comes this: Senior citizens living in fear of being robbed blind are being forced to go outside and read their own ga...