Cook County Opinion
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Keep safe watch out for motorcyclesApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - As an avid motorcyclist, it concerns me that we are "invisible" on the road. I just do not understand how a driver cannot see another vehicle. When I depart on my bike ...
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Where were CN critics on O'Hare?Apr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Regarding the CN aquisition, the suburbs abutting the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway should stop whining now. I live in Elk Grove Village. I complained about the O'H...
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Electoral College limits third partiesApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to my request for comments on the U.S. Electoral College, Kevin Martin wrote he believes it should be abolished (Fence Post, April 22). There are many who wo...
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Pass reforms to cut frivolous lawsuitsApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Thank you to my fellow members of the Prospect Heights City Council for unanimously passing a resolution to call on the Illinois General Assembly to pass meaningful law...
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Electoral College remains relevantApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Recent letters by readers and many others since the 2000 election have challenged the existence of the Electoral College. Most strike a theme such as Mr. Kevin Martin'...
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Congress, close the gun loopholesApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Today, nearly seven years after terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center, it is hard to believe those listed on our government's "no fly list" can legally purc...
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Shooting of cougar was outrageousApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - I am extremely outraged by the fact that the heroic officers of the police force found it necessary to kill the cougar. If these fine upstanding police officers felt th...
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Story buried reason for visitApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Your April 18 story, "Mexico officials pay visit to area," is another sorry example of how the media goes out of their way to paint a rosy picture of illegal immigration...
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A large silence on illegal immigrationApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Boy, am I relieved. I must have been "sleeping at the switch" lately because I just realized our national leaders have solved a problem that has been bugging me for a l...
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Pols distract us with 'climate crisis'Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The title says it all when listening to politicians and their views. During this election cycle, I thought there would be some one or group that would actually do somet...