Cook County Opinion
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Fawning coverage of Jesse JacksonSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Fawning coverage of Jesse Jackson This letter is in response to your fawning coverage of Jesse Jackson's march. He argues "stopping gun manufacturing would halt illegal ...
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Brush up on your English grammarSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: I believe many of our educators need a refresher course in English grammar and usage. An example of this is the sign from Elk Grove Village's Stevenson El...
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Time to ask D220 a few hard questionsSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: Your opinion in Saturday's Soapbox (Aug. 25) regarding CUSD 220 and their "patience" was not at all surprising. I do not believe your newspaper has ever b...
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State should ban driving while textingSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - When can Illinois be a leader and not a follower? How many more avoidable accidents, injuries and deaths must occur before the General Assembly bans the use of wireless ...
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Cycling commuters have opened our eyesSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - For those who drive to work, it may not be surprising that the Chicago area clocks in some of the highest average travel times to work in the nation. In a 2005 ranking o...
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'Going green' can save public's green, tooSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Not since the late 1960s and early 1970s has there been such focus on the environment and what could be done to protect it. Pollution control and energy conservation hav...
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Getting it right … againAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Schaumburg's special events coordinator Roxane Benvenuti seems to have a knack for these things. While it might seem to some like a no-brainer to invite returning soldie...
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Rotate troops out of South KoreaAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - In response to a recent Associated Press article regarding the release of the South Korean hostages, I met with two of my fellow servicemen from the Korean War, and we t...
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Get rid of the stripesAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - It's good to see the inmates working on the grounds of the Kane County jail, but their garb of broad gray stripes is reminiscent of the 1932 film "I Am a Fugitive from a...
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This contrast stingsAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - This contrast stings While the DuPage County Board wrings its hands over how to handle a budget catastrophe, the DuPage County Forest Preserve District is in the financi...