Cook County Opinion
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Beware of ads sponsored by PACsOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Americans need to be careful reading the attack ads from political action committees. They are typical of the kind of "dark money" being spent by nonprofit groups that d...
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Voting machine issue not surprisingOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Republican voters will have to check their votes at least two to three times. It seems that a "miscalibrated" voting machine in Schaumburg was taking Republican votes an...
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Inflated prices of cancer drugs shamefulOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - I have for years been appalled at the fact that Medicare is not able to negotiate drug costs with the drug companies. My information indicates that the United States cit...
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Funding plan punishes successful schoolsOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Recently proposed legislation, Senate Bill 16 offers a new funding formula that attempts to address disparities in the state of Illinois's school funding formula. I sup...
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Editorial: Recognizing excellence in a time of transitionOct 28, 2014 11:00 pm - There is something especially telling about the selection this week of Fremd High School automotive instructor Steven Elza as Illinois Teacher of the Year, and it isn't ...
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Fire Festival honors Chicago's spiritOct 28, 2014 5:01 am - A recent letter to the editor labeled the Great Chicago Fire Festival as an insensitive "celebration of misfortune that brought a great city to its knees." I disagree. L...
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New crew needed to right the shipOct 28, 2014 5:01 am - This year's election reminds me of the lessons we should have learned from the Titanic. I see Illinois as the large, cumbersome ship bloated with some self-serving polit...
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Rauner endorsement was right moveOct 28, 2014 5:01 am - I have to "live within my means" you probably do too! Our state needs to do so as well. Illinois needs responsible leadership; it needs to deal with the reality it faces...
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Don't be fooled by Rauner props, tricksOct 28, 2014 12:01 am - Don't be fooled by Rauner props, tricks When I was in high school and college I had a lot of fun participating in school plays, so you understand concepts like cost...
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Editorial: Carpentersville's unconscionable refusal to explainOct 27, 2014 11:00 pm - More than two months ago, 31-year-old Joshua Paul died after being taken into custody by two Carpentersville police officers in what otherwise has been described as a ro...