Cook County Opinion
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Mismanagement is the real problemOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The county board is being asked to vote to dismantle the county forest preserve toboggan slides. Based on personal observation of the Deer Grove toboggan slide operation...
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Drop costly pursuit of death penaltyOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - In regards to the budget shortfall in DuPage County, before the county goes to the taxpayers for more money I think they need to re-examine some of their current spendin...
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Ailment, apparently contagious, strikes U-46 board againOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - No more doubt exists. Whatever malady it is that infects the sitting president of any Elgin School District U-46 School Board and turns them into chattering gerbils, Ken...
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Herald hides any good news on IraqOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - How encouraging to finally read about something (anything, for that matter) positive regarding Iraq (Oct. 24, "Decline in troop deaths continues"). How discouraging to f...
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Children need health-care accessOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - By vetoing the most recent health care bill, President Bush has denied millions of low-income children access to much-needed health care. Over the last 10 years, the chi...
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Schools reacting well to staph issuesOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The numbers are frightening. And hitting too close to home -- in our children's schools. But it's heartening to see that school and health officials -- along with parent...
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Let private groups take stadium risksOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald favors McHenry County College's plan to build a minor league baseball stadium as part of a planned expansion ("MCC expansion plan worth second look," Oc...
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Data on planet all so recentOct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - I recently spent some time looking through a book I got for my kids to go along with the telescope I bought a couple of Christmases ago. We looked at the moon one time a...
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Wild-eyed left needs to simply grow upOct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Impeachment? It is time for the Bush-hating simpletons of the left wing to grow up. The president, who these MoveOn.org types hate so vehemently, will soon be out of off...
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Scant attention paid to vital scienceOct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - We owe gratitude to Al Gore for his initiative in bringing the dangers of greenhouse-gas emissions to the attention of the world. But the world owes much more to Indian ...