Cook County Opinion
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Good thing Dave's son didn't voteFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - This letter is to Dave's dad. You asked for the kind of Father's Day present that your dad might have requested. You asked that Dave give consideration to the presidenti...
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D57 not listening to FRC or taxpayersFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: The "Lemon Law" was created to help fight unscrupulous salespeople who deliberately mislead. What recourse do the voters of District 57 have considering t...
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Derailment could bring catastropheFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: I have lived in Barrington for over 40 years and have witnessed many changes -- but I never thought I'd see the day when an outside force would trample ou...
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Lake Michigan water too expensiveFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: All our utility bills are going up. Chicago and suburbs all around us are raising their Lake Michigan water rates by at least 15 percent. Having our own w...
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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...