Cook County Opinion
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Schools controlled by atheist ideasDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - Judging from all the protest surrounding the new moment of silence in Illinois schools, it looks as though Rob and Dawn Sherman have not yet realized the obvious. They h...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Environmentalism is killing us!Dec 01, 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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U-46 teachers, board must get fair deal doneDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - That slight bubbling in the pit of longtime Elgin Area School District U-46 residents' stomachs isn't due to holiday excess. It's the knowledge that an unsettled distric...
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Honorable Bianchi the only choiceDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Remember when there was decorum, decency, honesty and the ability to agree to disagree? When I grew up in a politically active family, it was a privilege to attend polit...
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Fox Lake Library plan is a sound oneDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - I was in the Fox Lake Library recently, reading Lee Filas' article about the February library bond issue, when I noticed a 9-foot crack in the thermopane glass next to t...
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No truly 'green' city should flounder so over nature's basicsDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - I felt sorry for the man. Elgin City Councilman Mike Powers wasn't too happy with a recent column in which I'd suggested a big budget goose egg in public works manpower ...
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Incorporation a ploy and nothing's freeDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - In response to all the people of Campton Township who feel they need to add another level of government to our lives. I was born in Campton Township in 1935 and lived he...
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Caring church, caring communityNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Can you imagine your main mode of transportation being a bicycle, even at this time of the year? I recently helped a man at Trinity Lutheran Church's first "clinic," who...
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Lake County Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Winning Bears: Congratulations to the Lake Zurich High School football team on its Class 7A championship. Winning a state championship -- whether it's football or any o...