Cook County Opinion
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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...
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Democrats' version simply goes too farOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - What most people do not realize about the Senate's Democratic proposal to expand SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program), is that the $35 billion increase over...
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Story focused on the wrong personOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The Oct. 3 article headlined "Woman found shot to death" was completely disrespectful to the victim, Rhoni Reuter. The focus was completely on Ms. Reuter's boyfriend -- ...
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Story focused on the wrong personOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The Oct. 3 article headlined "Woman found shot to death" was completely disrespectful to the victim, Rhoni Reuter. The focus was completely on Ms. Reuter's boyfriend --...
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Tax dollars go, not enough come backOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - If the people of Illinois had to live off the return on their investment of tax dollars in Washington, we would all be in the poorhouse. For a long time, Illinois has b...