Cook County Opinion
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Costs of gambling are far too highNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Legislators in the General Assembly are attempting to tie a massive increase in gambling to funding for capital construction projects. Voters must not allow this to happ...
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Tougher gaming oversight makes senseNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The long and strange year in Springfield yielded another surprise this week as House Speaker Michael Madigan presented -- out of the blue -- a plan to radically restruct...
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Groups do assist women with babiesNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - I am writing this information to the attention of Anne Ahrens of Schaumburg, whose letter was in the Fence Post on Oct. 19. Perhaps she has never head of PHD of Palatine...
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What have critics done for country?Nov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - As the current war in Iraq becomes increasingly unpopular, some of our citizens again turn on the military to express their displeasure. It is a shame that a country cre...
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'Highly paid' label simplistic, inaccurateNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - I was disappointed to read the article in Sunday's newspaper claiming that teachers are "highly paid." The article based that statement on estimations of average salarie...
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Taylor's story is a gift to readersNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald is my hero today. Your decision to run Taylor Radtke's story on the first page and keep it in front of the public each day, resulted in giving the girl ...
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Teachers, simply consider the sourceNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Teachers, take courage. I do not believe, nor do I think anything like a majority believes, the blather recently published in our local newspaper. They exist to sell pap...
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Group offers lots of help to new momsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - In reply to the recent Fence Post letter written by Anne Ahrens in which she states, "I have not heard of any pro-life organization helping a mother after she has demurr...
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More gambling is not the solutionNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - It greatly saddens me to see many Republican Party leaders and elected officials collaborating with Democrats in the latest state capital proposal. Once again we're told...
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Teachers, simply consider the sourceNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Teachers, take courage. I do not believe, nor do I think anything like a majority believes, the blather recently published in our local newspaper. They exist to sell pap...