Cook County Opinion
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If a shooting occurs and no one hears, does anyone care?Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - What if the police write a press release -- about, say, the shooting of three people in town -- but don't send it to the press? Does anyone care? About 150 people cared ...
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Meeting on gangs 1st step of many neededOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The Elgin Latino Political Action Team (ELPAT) would like to take this opportunity to thank the many community leaders who attended the recent meeting concerning the inc...
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Serious wrongs in Connie Neale pactOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Being a sports fan, I am often offended if not outraged by the salaries that some athletes receive and the outrageous behavior they display. However, I cannot recall an...
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Women don't need Planned ParenthoodOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Human beings, unlike animals, have reason. They are able to choose their behavior. Oral contraceptives cause abortions. They are abortifacients. Either you don't know th...
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Bean does work on veterans' issuesOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - I am writing in response to the letter on Sept. 24 that unfairly criticized Rep. Melissa Bean's record on helping veterans. I am the commander of the veterans post at Fr...
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Photo I.D. should be shown for votingOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - In response to Cynthia Tucker's Oct. 4 column regarding the law requiring picture I.D. for voters. It seems to me that everyone should be required to show I.D. so that i...
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Keep property tax relief in placeOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - We are writing to state our support of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision to provide Cook County homeowners relief from escalating property tax assessments. This week the g...
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What, exactly, is this 'gay lifestyle'?Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Regarding the Sept. 25 story "Leaving the gay lifestyle behind," I'm still trying to figure out what the "gay lifestyle" is? Christopher Yuan's story seems to be more ab...
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Even for maligned marathon, half-full glass close at handOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - If the Cubs could hit with men on base, the clear failings of this year's marathon would have been relegated to a front-page footnote. For the purposes of this column, I...
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George Harrison would be appalledOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - I hate to be picky, but I would like to think that a staff writer would have some familiarity with the subjects he writes about, or at least run the stuff through a spel...