Cook County Opinion
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Letter: Only one bill backs our environmental needsMay 17, 2015 6:13 am - There has been a lot of dialogue over the direction this state should take regarding energy generation and associated pending legislation. While some suppliers cleverly ...
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Letter: Thank the good police who do protect usMay 16, 2015 6:13 am - With the recent civil unrest in Baltimore and other major cities across the USA we need to keep something in mind: Police and public servants protect us every day and pr...
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Letter: Peaceful protest the only wayMay 16, 2015 6:13 am - Are we a civilized society? What's the difference between a lawful protest and mob action? What's happening in Baltimore today is mob action and should not be tolerated...
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Letter: Not all union members pay taxesMay 15, 2015 5:24 am - A letter writer's contention that she pays taxes as do "all my fellow union members" is only partially correct. Certainly members belonging to private sector unions do ...
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Editorial: New rail safety regs aren't strong enough to stop a suburban disasterMay 15, 2015 5:00 am - As we said in this space on Tuesday, we're uncomfortable with the risks we're all being forced to take as railroads carry more and more oil from North Dakota and Canada ...
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Letter: Democrats did not start pension messMay 13, 2015 5:45 am - In the Daily Herald on May 4 Gordon Szymanski writes that Illinois has been ruled by Democrats for the last 30 years and proceeds to ascribe a list of ills to it. It too...
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Editorial: Denying professional drone use defies logicMay 13, 2015 5:00 am - You see what they see at the scenes of fires, amid the devastation of tornadoes and other natural disasters. You hear them buzzing overhead at weddings. Drone aircraft -...
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Too late for 'quick fix' on pensionsMay 13, 2015 1:00 am - I find it ironic that your news article on the pension crisis and the Illinois legislature asks if a quick fix is possible. It is much too far into the crisis for any fi...
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Facebook law violates students' privacyMay 12, 2015 1:00 am - I am concerned about my privacy as a student from the glaring eye of the school district here in Illinois. Due to a law passed at the beginning of this year, schools ar...
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Let library be motivationMay 12, 2015 1:00 am - We read in the news that the Obama presidential library is to be located "not far from the family home," which I understand is in the affluent Hyde Park neighborhood. I...