Cook County Opinion
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Witch-trial mentality blocks sound discourseFeb 21, 2014 4:01 am - It appears there is no longer a line between healthy opposition to a president and outrageous efforts to ruin him through gross manipulations of the truth. In some ways,...
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Endorsement: Dart for Cook County sheriffFeb 21, 2014 4:01 am - A little of the shine has come off Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart since 2010, when he was running for a second term as sheriff and was expected to emerge as Rahm Emanuel's...
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Judge has ability to get heart of matterFeb 20, 2014 11:01 pm - Judge has ability to get heart of matter I have known Judge Marmarie Kostelny for about 25 years. We originally became acquainted because she taught, with my wife, ...
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5 percent Kane Co. raises overgenerous?Feb 20, 2014 11:01 pm - 5 percent Kane Co. raises overgenerous? Did you get your 5 percent pay raise? This is the raise that Chris Lauzen wants to give top level employees of Kane County. ...
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Students need better protection against bullyingFeb 20, 2014 4:00 am - I am a parent whose daughter has been educated in Schaumburg Elementary School District 54 and is now a freshman at Hoffman Estates High School in the Palatine-Schaumbur...
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Suburbs don't deserve presidential libraryFeb 20, 2014 4:00 am - Regarding the Feb. 15 "Library on the move" Soapbox article about the location of the Barack Obama presidential library, why on earth do you think that the suburbs shoul...
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Endorsement: Bartels for Lake County Board Dist. 10Feb 20, 2014 12:01 am - Three ambitious and competent candidates are seeking the Republican seat in Lake County Board District 10 that is being vacated by Diana O'Kelly after 20 years. Mundelei...
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Endorsement: Davoust for Kane County clerkFeb 20, 2014 12:01 am - Turnout was 12.4 percent - or 26,593 ballots cast - in Kane County for the April 2011 election, the lowest in 24 years for a nonpartisan, consolidated election. A mere 2...
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Endorsement: Kramer for Kane County sheriffFeb 20, 2014 12:01 am - Donald Kramer and Kevin Williams, the Republican candidates for Kane County sheriff, have both been in the serve-and-protect business for decades. Kramer retired as a li...
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Endorsement: Doody Gorman for Cook County Board, Dist. 17, GOPFeb 20, 2014 12:01 am - Residents of Des Plaines, and some in Elk Grove Village, Rosemont and Park Ridge, might well be bewildered to learn they need an understanding of Orland Park politics in...