Cook County Opinion
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Please reconsider cuts to fine artsApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm just sickened over the fact that District 214 is planning to cut out many of the fine arts programs. I am a proud alumni of Hersey High School and my husband of Whee...
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Students deserve full-time teacherApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Last night our family attended the high school and middle school Orchestra Festival at John Hersey High School. Our daughter is a freshman at Hersey and a member of the ...
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Hersey orchestra deserves FT leaderApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I attended the District 214 school board meeting April 3. My son is a freshman at John Hersey High School involved in Concert Orchestra and Jazz Orchestra. We made a dec...
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Another tax hike not the answerApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A few weeks ago it was the Stroger machine digging into the working family's pocket. Now it is our elected legislators in Springfield. Instead of being more fiscally res...
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Reagan's words haunt RepublicansApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Ronald Reagan stated what he considered the nine scariest words in the English language: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Well everyone, the federal gover...
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Township denies freedom of speechApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Voters in Downers Grove Township, your voices have been silenced. A public policy question about immediate withdrawal of our military will not be on the ballot in Novemb...
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All are invited to Relay For LifeApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Please stop by and help us celebrate our cancer survivors in a special first lap, remember those we have lost to cancer and pledge to fight back against this disease. Ou...
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Is Electoral College good or bad thing?Apr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Bill Clinton never won a majority of the popular vote in a presidential election, yet he was elected president because he won the majority of the Electoral College vote...
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Worry about real judgment issueApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - In the week leading up to the five-year anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, the media went bonkers over the sound-bite comments by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the pastor...
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Architects still very much neededApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I was disappointed in the article in the March 28 issue about a group of Rolling Meadows students who designed a new fire station for Rolling Meadows. Disappointed becau...