Cook County Opinion
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City should approve Islamic Society planMar 28, 2016 5:00 am - I hope the City of Rolling Meadows plan commission and city council will approve the Islamic Society of Northwest Suburbs' request for their proposed move. The new large...
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District 57 should abandon all-day kindergarten ideaMar 28, 2016 5:00 am - Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 has found a way to waste more of our tax dollars. That was done by purchasing two adjacent residences and remodeling Westbrook Scho...
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Flint sounds alarm for all water systemsMar 28, 2016 5:00 am - In light of all the publicity surrounding the water supply in Flint, Michigan and recent coverage about old lead pipes in Chicago, perhaps the Mount Prospect newsletter ...
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Help available for Buffalo Creek cleanupMar 28, 2016 5:00 am - I read with interest Betty Biggerstaff's March 14 letter on fixing up Buffalo Creek. Ms. Biggerstaff may be able to get activity started on her thoughts to improve Buffa...
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She gives thanks for unknown helpersMar 28, 2016 5:00 am - I don't know your names, but I want to give many thanks to the kind people who helped me in the parking lot of St. Thomas Church in Palatine on the morning of Feb. 5. Yo...
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How to get walkers past the S-curveMar 28, 2016 5:00 am - About the feasibility study of a pedestrian walkway through the S-curve on Northwest Highway: as an avid bicyclist I avoid this section at all cost. I think a simpler, l...
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Officer went above, beyond to help herMar 28, 2016 5:00 am - The media is filled with articles about unlawful behavior by police. On Tuesday, Jan. 19, blinded by the sun, I had an accident with my car and experienced no personal i...
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Likes senior housing for Dominick's siteMar 28, 2016 5:00 am - I am not sure what our mayor, Tom Rooney, and the alderman think is going to happen to the Dominick's property. No large company is going to come in like a Home Depot, B...
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Des Plaines should rid itself of mayorMar 28, 2016 5:00 am - Democracy: The majority makes decisions by voting based upon the "consent of the governed." Autocracy: A government where one person makes all the rules. Once upon a tim...
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Stop wrong-way drivers with spikesMar 28, 2016 1:00 am - Another wrongway crash occurred on a Chicago area highway. How about this for a solution, put spike on all exit ramps like the ones at parking lot exits so people can't ...