Cook County Opinion
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We expect more of sheriff, county boardNov 24, 2015 11:00 pm - I am amazed that elected county officials are finger pointing over meeting and approving a budget. It's bad enough we are dealing with the controversy at College of Dup...
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State is not governor's playthingNov 24, 2015 11:00 pm - Before entering public service. Governor Rauner's business was private equity. The private equity model is to buy and sell companies. They make profits by reducing the t...
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Why won't Islamic lands take refugees?Nov 24, 2015 11:00 pm - One aspect of the Syrian "refugee" business that perplexes me is that the "refugees" are trying to leave their culture, their language, their religion, etc., and go to t...
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Fuddy Duddy brings joy in a sad worldNov 24, 2015 11:00 pm - I perused a recent Saturday Daily Herald on the all-too-common disheartening events of the day. Page 1 had a story on the Mali siege. Page 2, an article on "the Donald";...
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Careful vetting of Syrian immigrants?Nov 24, 2015 11:00 pm - The news is filled with conversations about passports, their importance for travel and their use as an official identifying document. A few years ago, on one of our trav...
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Religious extremists are not all alikeNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - In his letter of Nov. 20, James Prescott laments that in the wake of the recent Paris "incident," the news media stepped-up their badgering and criticism of Barack Obama...
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More Muslim leaders should condemn violenceNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Great editorial "Fear leads to hatred, hatred to anger" in the Nov. 20 edition. As you said, what we need is "..more moderate Muslims like Akram [an imam for one of Ch...
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Sounds like another state money grabNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Adding a $35 annual increase to the real estate tax bill doesn't sound like a lot of money. But, what is it for? Listen to this. The state of Illinois legislature has...
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Tax increases are wrong for Cook CountyNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Last Wednesday, the Cook County Board passed its 2016 budget, which is balanced by over half a billion dollars in new taxes. I voted NO. Next year, you will pay more to ...
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More coverage of budget crisis neededNov 23, 2015 11:00 pm - As a current college student at a Chicago university, I am proud of myself. Through hard work in high school, I was able to attend. With the current Illinois budgeting i...