Cook County Opinion
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Come see the trains at DuPage museumDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The DuPage County Historical Museum is in danger of closing due to the crisis in the 2008 county budget. If this happens it will be a great lost to the residents of DuPa...
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Fire district's tax request questionedDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The Long Grove Fire Protection District wants to increase our real estate taxes 13.89 percent. They state that for 2006, the real estate taxes were $3,248,683 and now th...
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Too many excesses, and too few ethicsDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Alfred Kirkland's letter hit the nail on the head. We are all in danger from the system's excesses. It all started with the administration of the Republican President Wa...
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Cook Co. soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Bartlett voters, start your engines … If Bartlett voters in the 14th Congressional District don't think it's weird enough that they'll be voting twice for the same offic...
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People also use sidewalks in winterDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - During the spring, summer and fall seasons, you probably see many people enjoying a walk, a run or perhaps walking their dog in your neighborhood. Trust me, they are sti...
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Too many lawyers for our own goodDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The other day, a friend who is a doctor was telling me about the incredibly high insurance rates he is forced to pay to keep his practice open. Later that day, I ran int...
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Let mass transit riders cover costsDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The media has been playing up an idea that if the legislature in Springfield doesn't bail out mass transits' financial mess, it will bring about some sort of doomsday. T...
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Baseball deserves no fan followingDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Once upon a time, some 60 odd years ago, I was a baseball fan. It was a time when we called baseball players "heroes" before we knew the definition of the word. And yet,...
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Fox Valley soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A long road Once an art teacher in his small Mexican village, Juan Hernandez immigrated to the U.S. 17 years ago. He took two jobs, yet always had a return to teaching i...
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DuPage Co. soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Never easy to start over There's a lesson in the Rev. Jim McLain's story about how he and his wife rebuilt their lives since Hurricane Katrina destroyed their church and...