Cook County Opinion
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Accountability key in Dist. 54, but so is fairnessFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Accountability. Accountability for student learning. Accountability for providing a quality education within a balanced budget. These ideas are not new to School Distric...
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No one helped, as brother almost diedFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: This past Friday my brother and his girlfriend went to a restaurant for dinner. She went up to get more bread, and when she returned she realized he had a...
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Real irony found in our ban obsessionsFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Drunk drivers are responsible for more than 1.4 million serious injuries and 15,000-plus deaths every year. It has become the No. 1 killer of teens and young adults. A...
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Schaumburg on Stage a great showFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: I feel it's my duty to inform the public about Schaumburg's best kept secret. Last weekend I attended the Schaumburg on Stage (SOS) musical production of ...
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Death tax hurts family businessesFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - I am writing this response to a letter regarding the repealing of the death tax. I respectfully disagree with the author's claim that the repeal of the death tax is not ...
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Comrades united in a modern-day Battle of WaterlooFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Tom Lutz stood no chance. His first clue should have been the forecast. His second should have been that he'd drawn the short straw that put a journalist irate about poo...
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Point to remember on suburban turnoutFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - The early line on last week's voter turnout in Cook County is something to crow about: record voter registration of 1.35 million, record early voting of about 60,000 ba...
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Church had duty to discipline MajerusFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Adam Rittenberg's article ("Church Can't Deny Majerus…") shows a lack of understanding of the issues regarding Coach Rick Majerus' public statements supporting abortion ...
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More proof Elgin must fix basic servicesFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Just as Elgin's emergency, mid-winter leaf pickup made it clear the fall program had left much to be desired, two big snowstorms within a week made it clear the city can...
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Seeing legal, illegal disparity isn't racismFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in regard to the Feb. 1 article regarding Association for Legal Americans and its purpose. There has never been a racist remark from anyone connected with this g...