Cook County Opinion
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More work needed to understand mental illnessAug 10, 2016 1:00 am - This is in response to fence post letter titled, "We must keep guns away from mentally ill" by Stewart E. Brekke of July 30. We have to put our political differences asi...
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Politicians' only skill is raising taxesAug 10, 2016 1:00 am - There is a pattern of financial behavior that politicians at all levels of government demonstrate. It is more obvious with the Democrats and Republicans aren't much bett...
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Teacher pay grid bad for taxpayersAug 09, 2016 1:00 am - Jake Griffin's article on taxpayers covering teachers' college costs reveals just the tip of this iceberg sized problem for taxpayers. How could so many school boar...
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Rolling Meadows library should take over old Dominick'sAug 08, 2016 5:00 am - I agree with those who voiced doubts about the proposed senior housing development in Rolling Meadows ("Plan for senior housing raises doubts", July 29). It makes no sen...
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Can Central Road crossing in Mount Prospect be safer?Aug 08, 2016 5:00 am - I read your editorial today (Aug. 3) with some interest as a long time resident of Mount Prospect, and a bicyclist. I've crossed Central Road at that precise location on...
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Say it ain't so, Joe NewtonAug 08, 2016 5:00 am - I almost fell out the chair when I read this - York's Joe Newton to end his reign coaching the Long Green Line. He's now 87 and has been coaching track and cross-country...
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The real game GOP is playing with TrumpAug 08, 2016 1:00 am - For those of you who ask, "What does the future hold for the 2016 election?", here are clues as to what is really happening. The Republican party is playing a game. The ...
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Cyclists should read, follow rules of roadAug 08, 2016 1:00 am - I spend much of my driving time on Illinois in Palatine. I have the seen the good but more bad from those on bicycles. Three recent events pushed me to vent. One night ...
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Hillary I know is not so compassionateAug 08, 2016 1:00 am - I read with interest Ms. Hugo's letter in which she wanted to have Hillary speak to her dying friend. Ms. Hugo was impressed how compassionate Hillary was. As I was rea...
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Put teacher education expense in contextAug 08, 2016 1:00 am - A front-page article in the Aug. 3 Daily Herald about local school district expenditures to subsidize advanced education of teachers missed the mark, in my opinion. Lik...