Cook County Opinion
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Not really interested in tax fairnessJun 04, 2016 1:00 am - State Rep. Christian Mitchell's proposed progressive state income tax is a much more fair tax and also provides a path to help reduce the illinois deficit. Thirty-thre...
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Specter of Route 53 stymies creative solutionsJun 04, 2016 1:00 am - Innovative traffic congestion solutions in Lake County are being held hostage to an outdated, unaffordable and environmentally devastating Route 53/120 extension plan. ...
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School funding bill rough on suburbsJun 04, 2016 1:00 am - Pending in Springfield is a bill which seeks to alter the way our schools are funded. Under this bill the majority of the state funding received by suburban communities...
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Value of labor is driven by marketsJun 04, 2016 1:00 am - In response to Denise Brown's opinion. What she doesn't realize is that she is also demanding that I pay more for a Big Mac. If I and many others don't want to pay more ...
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Comment on women ruined NASCAR columnJun 04, 2016 1:00 am - Being a longtime Indy car fan and someone who has attended many races and spent many hours watching and cheering on my favorite drivers, I enjoyed, at least at the onset...
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Republicans reap what they've sownJun 04, 2016 1:00 am - House Speaker Ryan recently complained that the Democrats voted down the Republican appropriations bill as an act of "sabotage," as he described it. Imagine that! After ...
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Mother's sentence was overly punitiveJun 04, 2016 1:00 am - I, too, am disgusted with Judge Joel Greenblatt and the entire Cook County judicial system for adding travesty on top of tragedy in the case of Bonnie Liltz. What purpo...
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Now we know role of Dist. 15 chiefJun 03, 2016 1:00 am - Well, when the Dist. 15 school board says "We didn't see full contract before approving the 10-year deal", we now know what Scott Thompson's role is. He is pushing the s...
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Hillary is not the woman we need as presidentJun 03, 2016 1:00 am - This is my response to Connie Schultz' article last week railing against Trump: Oh please! So you are telling us that the reason you voted for Obama was because he is bl...
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Is Rt. 53 study just a ploy?Jun 03, 2016 1:00 am - We urge the tollway board to desist: No Environmental Impact Study! To keep insisting on the EIS despite that the 53 project does not have and never had the majority sup...