Cook County Opinion
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Leave people alone to enjoy fireplacesMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - After reading recent letters responding to Mr. Dubinski's call for banning wood burning fireplaces, maybe he can contribute to those neighbors he deems are polluting his...
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Bridging the generation gap with Pat BooneMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - How do you like the new mug shot of me? Hard to believe it's five years ago to the month that I started writing this column. Hard to believe, too, how my hair has gotten...
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What's Hunt really done for village?Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I read with great interest the article regarding Keith Hunt and his justifications for the outrageous expenses he charged to the village of Hawthorn Woods over the past ...
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McCain fails to back conservationMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I was appalled to learn that John McCain was the only senator who chose to skip a crucial vote on the future of clean energy in America -- dooming the measure to fail by...
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What's Hunt really done for village?Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I read with great interest the article regarding Keith Hunt and his justifications for the outrageous expenses he charged to the village of Hawthorn Woods over the past ...
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
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Bush is doing what must be doneMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Here's a too-brief rebuttal of James Prescott's arguments. (Fence Post, Feb. 5) 1. Prescott is mad we're sending 3,200 more Marines to Afghanistan. Wait, I thought our ...
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Let suburbs secede from Cook CountyMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - I seen there was an article about seceding from Cook County for most of the Northwest suburbs. I would love nothing better. I moved to the suburbs to get away from Dale...
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$42 million to say check's in the mailMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Forty-two million dollars is being spent to send "pre-letters" to all recipients of the anticipated tax rebate checks to be put in the mail by June. I'd buy tickets t...
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Why wasn't suspect sketch printed?Mar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Yesterday, Feb. 10, the Daily Herald ran an AP story on Page 8 saying that police released a sketch of the man thought to be the murderer of five women in the Lane Bry...