Cook County Opinion
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Make Earth Hour an everyday thingApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Let me say that the concept of Earth Hour was well intended and hopefully it was be supported all over the world. The idea was for major cities all over the globe to shu...
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Why didn't police just use a Tazer?Apr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Here we go again. Police, this time in Rolling Meadows, shoot and kill an intoxicated citizen. This one was said to be brandishing knives. Are we to believe he was thro...
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'Triangle' plan needs your inputApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Residents of Mount Prospect, if you have an opinion about the redevelopment of our downtown, specifically in the "Triangle" area at Northwest Highway and Route 83, now i...
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New park director gets warm welcomeApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - I was very glad to read in the Daily Herald on Friday that Stephen Scholten has been selected as the new executive director of the Arlington Heights Park District, and I...
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No crisis in Social Security, MedicareApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Much has been written lately about the annual Social Security trustees report and their warning of an impending crisis in Social Security and Medicare. When will America...
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Can we help find pet pied cockatiel?Apr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - On March 19, our pet cockatiel, Magnet, became startled and accidentally flew out of our home through a back door that had been slightly open. That wouldn't have occurre...
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Use hard-earned tax dollars wiselyApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Both Lombard and Villa Park want new libraries. The towns are next to each other and unconventional thinking would have them build a joint facility. Expenses would be a...
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Keep the letters coming, GeriApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - I am a longtime fan of Fence Post. "Our self-interests imperil democracy" of April 3, was the best one I ever read. I hope Geri O'Brien of Arlington Heights becomes as ...
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BG baseball field is in bad conditionApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - The Buffalo Grove Bison baseball team deserves better. The players deserve better. The coaches deserve better. After making a miraculous run last year that put the Bison...
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Time for a little spring cleaningApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Another spring is on the way and Bartlett is dirtier than ever. Everywhere you look, garbage litters the streets, the parkways, fences and shrubbery. I have spoken on nu...