Cook County Opinion
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Rauner's war on Illinois workersMay 08, 2015 12:01 am - Rauner's war on Illinois workers Governor Rauner's budget gave more than $100 million in tax breaks to some of Illinois' biggest corporations while making cuts to d...
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Letter carriers again conducting food driveMay 07, 2015 1:00 am - Saturday, May 9, is this year's annual Letter Carrier Food Drive. This effort has been a tremendous success over the years due to the great support from the community. ...
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We must update summer meals programMay 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Tonight, one out of five children in Illinois will go to bed hungry. Nationwide, nearly 16 million children face hunger on a daily basis. With schools closing for the su...
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Editorial: Voter intent should be deciding factor in write-insMay 06, 2015 11:00 pm - On Monday of this week, a new trustee, Mary Papantos, was sworn in as a Wheeling village board member. Whether she stays there will be up to the Cook County circuit cour...
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'Draft Town' was good for ChicagoMay 06, 2015 1:00 am - Contrary to Mike Imrem's opinion in the Daily Herald, I believe Rahm Emanuel hit a "home run" or should I say "scored a touchdown" with Draft Town. Thank you, Mayor Emm...
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Editorial: Release COD recordings of Breuder buyout talksMay 05, 2015 11:00 pm - The seemingly endless fires of controversy surrounding operations at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn have engulfed the institution and the community for months, and ...
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It's easy but not fair to target wealthyMay 05, 2015 1:00 am - This is in response to the letter from Leo A. Dietrich about how the Citizens United case helped Republicans, CEO pay is too high and how estates over $10.9 million shou...
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Rauner isn't source of Illinois' woesMay 05, 2015 12:01 am - Rauner isn't source of Illinois' woes On April 19, Mr. Prescott decided to tell us all of the ills from Bruce Rauner becoming governor. I guess he has forgotten tha...
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Won't stand for Longmeadow fiascoMay 05, 2015 12:01 am - Won't stand for Longmeadow fiasco As a member of Taxpayers Against Longmeadow Tollway, I would like to state the obvious - residents are overloaded with taxes on ev...
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Obama must decry Armenian genocideMay 04, 2015 5:55 am - When then-Senator Obama stated during his 2008 campaign, "as President, I will recognize the Armenian Genocide," his words excited the Armenian village where I was servi...