Cook County Opinion
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Boycott Chicago to protest airport noiseOct 20, 2015 12:00 am - I live in Sleepy Hollow. I moved here 27 years ago from Franklin Park, Illinois. Being near the airport in Franklin Park, I heard airplanes every two minutes. I moved to...
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COD job sholdn't go to lowest bidderOct 20, 2015 12:00 am - Regarding Stan Zegel's Oct. 1 letter titled "Don't fall in love with one applicant," capping an administrator's compensation to equal the governor's salary is ludicrous....
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O'Hare noise studies seriously flawedOct 20, 2015 12:00 am - Similar to the recent court decision where the U.S. District Court ruled that the Federal Highway Administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation used flawe...
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Nothing unbiased about this surveyOct 19, 2015 5:00 am - Attached are copies of the flyer that was sent out to all Prospect Heights residents who currently don't have access to Lake Michigan water. It appears to have been paid...
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Arming teachers is not the answerOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - Mr. Dan Filipek, in a recent Fence Post, spoke of the merit of arming teachers to possibly prevent future events similar to the murders that happened on a Oregon campus ...
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Financial literacy a critical college curriculumOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - In Elgin Community College's Game of Life, students move from station to station selecting a career, paying taxes and student loan payments, housing and transportation c...
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Start with universal background checksOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - Dear Congressman Hultgren, In the aftermath of the mass shooting last week at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, I am writing to demand the passage of sensibl...
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Why blame customer in water meter mess?Oct 19, 2015 1:00 am - I just read your report about water meter discrepancies in Lisle. This is and has obviously been a known problem for a long time. Instead of fixing the problem, the wate...
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Gun control might factor how we voteOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - I try to imagine how it must feel to have a child the victim of a senseless act of violence with guns. I know that I could never truly imagine the horror of the act and ...
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It's surprising there aren't more atheistsOct 18, 2015 1:00 am - On Oct. 4, Sanford Yoder wrote to express his doubt that someone can truly be an atheist. He told us "I'm sure there are [no atheists] in hell. They aren't there long be...