Cook County Opinion
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Pathetic Judy Sigwalt tirade all too familiarDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - This is in response to a couple of stories in the Daily Herald concerning Carpentersville. The first is about the so- called vandals in Carpenter Park damaging the newly...
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Un-American to fix immigration issueDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - The debate over immigration has become one of the more heated topics in today's popular game of politics. The perception of immigration needs to be improved if this coun...
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Urgency needed to hunt oil alternativeDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - We need an alternative to oil today, not five years from now. With crude oil selling in the area of $100 a barrel, and expected to rise, what are we doing with the only...
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Don't use casino money for budgetDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Is casino money the answer to the state's budget woes? Not according to economics professor John Kindt of the University of Illinois. His in-depth study concludes: for e...
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Held hostage by environmentalistsDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - With the cost of a barrel of crude fast approaching $100 a barrel, I have to ask my fellow Americans when it will be enough for you to do something about it? While I am ...
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Elk Grove must ban wood smokeDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Soaring asthma and autism rates in our cities correspond with skyrocketing fine particulate pollution, caused mostly by vehicle exhaust and wood smoke. When fine partic...
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An abortion should not be convenienceDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - The author of the Nov. 12 letter "If only men could become pregnant" states that it says in Genesis 2:7 "that you become a living soul when you begin to breathe." She ...
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Teacher pay debate rooted in economyDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - I find it entertaining to read the letters from teachers defending their difficult job and reasonably high salaries. With all their degrees they hold, they seem not have...
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Most teachers put hearts into jobsDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - The article, "Chapter 6: Administrator's pay vs. teacher's pay," was inaccurate. The information about teachers working 36.5 hours a week is incorrect. Many districts h...
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What happened to our freedoms?Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - I thoroughly agree with Penny Wilson's article in the Fence Post. I'm 80 years old, and every day I see a new law taking away our legal rights. Oh, for the good old days...