Cook County Opinion
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U.S. cannot afford to export jobsAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sara Bryant nailed it with her Aug. 4 letter to the editor. I'm sure she had more to say, but did not want to exceed the allowed number of words. For example, every job ...
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Gates would save pedestrians' livesAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The death count rises while Metra and local officials argue about who should be responsible for installing gates at pedestrian walkways in passenger train stations. Mean...
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Some suicides require coverage, but always with sensitivityAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sad though it is, covering tragedy is a mainstay of daily news reporting. When people are injured or die violently, a wide range of factors come into play to make that n...
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Roselle subdivision feeling powerlessAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - I would like the media to make public the horrendous disservice of Commonwealth Edison. During this recent storm, our cul-de-sac of 15 homes had been out of electricity...
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Delays in Ryan case are embarrassingAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - George Ryan can't get his affairs in order in 72 hours? He's had 16 months! How many other convicted felons can boast that amount of interminable delay? Oh, and I didn'...
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Dist. 303 should focus on the basicAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - I was sitting with a group of parents last weekend discussing D303 and not one parent in the room had anything positive to say about our district. We were rehashing some...
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Reject phony games for the 14th DistrictAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Let's stop the games in the 14th Congressional District. While still unconfirmed by the congressman, credible sources are reporting that Dennis Hastert may be planning t...
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Be careful with those protest descriptionsAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - I just read the Aug. 25 article by Rupa Shenoy regarding the pro-life/anti-abortion protest that happened in Aurora and it was fairly accurate except for two things tha...
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Rotate troops out of South KoreaAug 28, 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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Is animosity making newspaper myopic?Aug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Does your animosity toward the prior administration and school board of District 300 know no bounds? First, you take credit for getting a financial institution to relea...