Cook County Opinion
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Stop the presses!Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Warning! Warning! Danger! Danger! Self-promoting, semi-gloating and perhaps less-than-timely column approaching! Nonetheless, I had a bunch of end-of-the-year vacation t...
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The toll authority acts like the mobJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Leslie Boudreau's story sounds like something right out of "The Sopranos." She's getting strong-armed by the Illinois Tollway mafia. First they lure you in with the prom...
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Wood smoke harms the air we breatheJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - We had to wait until 2008, but thank you, Illinois, for going smoke free. What a pleasure it will be to go into any restaurant and enjoy a meal without inhaling that dre...
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Government can work, often doesJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - I once made a new acquaintance who became animated when he found out that I am a liberal Democrat. He loudly expressed his disdain for "big government, the nanny governm...
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Series seeks productive actions, not simply another shot at tollwayJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - It's easy to disdain the Illinois tollway. Born of the same lie that frequently justifies unpopular government projects -- think local taxes: "Don't worry; this issue do...
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Airport shouldn't be funded by taxesJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - I would like to know why residents of DuPage County pay taxes for the DuPage Airport. Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I know of no commercial airlines that fly...
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The soaring cost of private health careJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - According to BusinessWeek Magazine, hospitals around the country are beginning a campaign of using banks and credit card companies to extract payments from patients with...
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Experience and specifics matterJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - It was great to have presidential debates that finally tried to get the candidates to be specific in where they stood on the issues, when ABC had its televised debates i...
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Not practicing what the leaders preachJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - It seems some very powerful people are easily swayed and detected. Mayor Daley's bulldozing of Meigs Field, his progeny's lack of better judgment, clerics' lack of profe...
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City has authority to screen arresteesJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - As indicated by Elgin's mayor and city council members, there does not seem to be a majority at present in favor of additional immigration training and authority through...