Cook County Opinion
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How could board oppose silence?Oct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The Mundelein village board must be losing their minds. They voted not to go silent with train horns as other communities have done in the county. The original assertion...
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Blackwater ran deep and dark for years on current fearOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - "Gentlemen, welcome to Baghdad." That was the announcement that came over the jetliner's loudspeaker as we landed in Iraq. The captain rightly used the word "gentlemen" ...
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Keep recruiters out of high schoolsOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The drinking age in most states is 21 because it is assumed that a person is too young to drink alcohol responsibly; but a person only needs to be 18 to join the militar...
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Taxpayers don't matter to boardOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - I am a resident of Bartlett (DuPage side) for almost 30 years and I have never seen such an incompetent school board and president since I have lived here with my family...
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Young journalists point to hopeful futureOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - In terms of business success, these are rugged days for newspapers. Any cursory look into business digests, stock tables or advertising-revenue trends will tell you that...
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Message right even if method needs workOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - It's a real pity that the Fox River Grove School Board chose to fire Dave Warwak, the art teacher who urged his students to go vegan. They should have given him an award...
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Deer Park mayor corrects factsOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to Richard Chay's letter in your paper dated Sept. 24 since he failed to give the public all of the facts. The Vehe Farm Foundation has requested...
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Police too busy enforcing parkingOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Apparently, there has been a serious influx in crime in Arlington Heights; and not just any crime, one crime in particular -- parking violations. I don't know for sure b...
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Cub Scouts thank supportersOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Cub Scout Pack 36 of Buffalo Grove chartered by the Buffalo Grove Chamber of Commerce, is kicking off its annual popcorn sales. The kickoff began Sept. 23 with our site...
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Party jumping not really flip-floppingOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - The man's name was Odin Langen. You couldn't get more Republican or Scandinavian, making him a perfect representative for the area where I grew up. When my dad signed me...