Cook County Opinion
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Church should find another locationSep 21, 2015 5:00 am - Last week there was an open discussion on the proposed decimating of the Rand/Berkley Campus in Arlington Heights by the Holy Nation Presbyterian Church. This project in...
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Reader points out our equinox mix-upSep 21, 2015 5:00 am - Your short history lessons on Barrington in the Neighbor section are interesting and informative. Being a retired educator, I am urged to point out a small error. In the...
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Prospect Heights' story began long before incorporationSep 21, 2015 5:00 am - Regarding Tom Quinlan's Aug. 23 article, "An hour in Prospect Heights," the article should have mentioned that Prospect Heights was formed by Smith & Dawson in 1938 as t...
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Why does legislature still allow double dipping?Sep 21, 2015 5:00 am - Congratulations to the fire chief on his retirement from his post in Mount Prospect. Please, please tell us lowly taxpayers that he is not going to collect pension benef...
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Cost and value at the two-year collegeSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Last week, the White House announced the rollout of the College Scorecard, which is intended to provide potential students with data on college cost, graduation, debt an...
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It's Rauner vs. the working classSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Rauner has made it "perfectly clear" that low hourly wage earners are just fine. Reference his minimum wage plan, program for childcare subsides and assault on eve...
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St. Charles river plan a boondoggleSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Ten years ago the previous St. Charles mayor and city council decided to do a major downtown redevelopment project which they said would revitalize downtown and not use ...
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Brain surgeon better than current optionSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Serial editorial page contributor Mary Warren of Wheaton needs to be challenged on her most recent contribution to the Daily Herald editorial page. She states that the R...
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Shoving religion down our throatsSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Since we do not live in a theocracy, nor Afghanistan, Biblical laws do not apply to your secular job. If you cannot preform your job, you should not be paid $80,000 a ye...
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Teachers should not be allowed to strikeSep 20, 2015 1:00 am - Spoiled: Once again, our spoiled and greedy teachers want to go on strike, and for, what else, more money. What other job is there, that you can make between $60,000 an...