Cook County Opinion
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Give our kids a fighting chanceApr 29, 2014 12:00 am - Give our kids a fighting chance Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes last year found that charter students in Illinois gain two weeks of learning in...
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Rand Paul not good enough, but Obama is?Apr 28, 2014 11:00 pm - The esteemed commentator Richard Cohen wrote April 16 that Rand Paul is an unqualified political amateur and demonstrates "just how low the GOP has sunk" to consider him...
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Eagle project owes success to manyApr 28, 2014 5:01 am - Starting on April 18th, and ending on the 19th, 2014, I completed a major portion of my Eagle project around the southeast Slough, in Prospect Heights. My project goal w...
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Arlington Hts. middle schools should be proudApr 28, 2014 5:01 am - Arlington Heights should be very proud of its middle schools! In the 9th annual "Cross-town Classic Showdown" on April 4, the faculty and staff of Thomas and South middl...
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New driving range is driving costs upApr 28, 2014 5:01 am - In your article of April 3, 2014 regarding budget overruns for the renovation of the Mount Prospect Golf course, you failed to recognize the most egregious cause of the ...
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Apr 28, 2014 12:01 am - I have lived in Elgin since 1977 and I have been very pleased with this city, until now. let me give you a review. At our old house we had a small but intense fire in o...
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Whatever it is, they're against itApr 28, 2014 12:01 am - It was good to read that there are 21 applicants for the open seat on Elgin's City Council. I couldn't imagine why John Prigge, Terry Gavin and Toby Shaw opposed a meeti...
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College athletes get plenty of perksApr 27, 2014 5:01 am - I'm writing about the April 5 letter by James H. Jones. He hit the nail on the head - college athletes do get plenty of perks. And the colleges should pay all their medi...
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President not upfront about voter IDApr 27, 2014 5:01 am - Why are Democrats so opposed to fair voting procedures such as requiring photo identification to cast a ballot? If nothing else, it would cut down on the cemetery vote w...
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Just disagree and move onApr 27, 2014 5:01 am - I am intolerant, and so are you. Leaving aside race/nationality, gender and handicap, things over which we have no control, almost everyone is intolerant. In fact, I hav...