Cook County Opinion
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Wrong way to help those in needMar 13, 2014 12:01 am - Wrong way to help those in need I encourage the taxpayers of Kane County to vote "No" for the tax increase petition titled "Show You Care Kane." This new tax levy w...
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Best of all, this won't raise taxesMar 13, 2014 12:01 am - Best of all, this won't raise taxes The Construction Industry Service Corporation strongly endorses passage of the Glenbard High School District 87 zero-tax-rate-in...
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Hardworking judge deserves electionMar 13, 2014 12:01 am - Hardworking judge deserves election I had the privilege to have worked with Judge Jim Hallock as an associate judge for 13 years. During that time he routinely cove...
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Blame Democrats for making Illinois undesirableMar 12, 2014 5:01 am - Did you know that the population of Illinois doubled between 1900 and 1970? Did you know that, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the beloved IRS, between 1992 and ...
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Unanswered questions on global warmingMar 12, 2014 5:01 am - In a recent speech, Secretary of State John Kerry said that climate change, caused by fossil fuels, is the "worlds largest weapon of mass destruction" and mocked those w...
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Praise for story about courthouse ministryMar 12, 2014 5:01 am - A big thank-you for a story of how Christ-following congregations express the love of God in personal and practical ways ("Volunteers give spiritual help at DuPage court...
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Editorial: Overdose-reversal drug a must-haveMar 12, 2014 5:00 am - If a drug were available that, with training, would be easily administered and could save the life of someone perilously close to dying, would you expect law enforcement...
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Endorsement: No Republican endorsed in 8th Congressional DistrictMar 11, 2014 11:00 pm - It is quite rare that we rescind an endorsement of a political candidate we once considered promising, but today we see little choice. On Feb. 18, we endorsed Manju Goel...
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Near tragedy points to driving dangerMar 11, 2014 5:01 am - The story in the Herald on March 1 about Kerry Kennedy brought back what happened to me four years ago. I was visiting my sister in Tinley Park, and just before I left t...
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Postal retirees don't get free health benefitsMar 11, 2014 5:01 am - I enjoy reading the letters in the Daily Herald, and I can usually distinguish facts from rants of people who don't have all the facts, but I had to respond to a Feb. 27...