Cook County Opinion
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Keep Illinois from becoming ‘next Detroit’Jan 27, 2014 4:00 am - Thanks for the report about the pension crisis on the front page of the Jan. 21 Daily Herald. Illinois citizens need to understand that the pension and deficit crisis ar...
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Proud to say I’m from CarpentersvilleJan 27, 2014 3:40 am - Proud to say I’m from Carpentersville I want to express my gratitude to all the wonderful folks in Carpentersville who responded to my call for help. Due to the fre...
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Wonder how long it took mom to dieJan 27, 2014 3:40 am - Wonder how long it took mom to die The article in the Jan. 17 edition of the Daily Herald about the state of Ohio’s use of new compounds in exacting the death penal...
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Jobless percentage hides the real numbersJan 26, 2014 4:00 am - Wow, the unemployment numbers came out for December and miraculously the rate went down to 6.7 percent. I say miraculously because how does unemployment go down when onl...
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U.S. was established on Christian principlesJan 26, 2014 4:00 am - I beg to differ with George Blinick’s comment that “the only group that has never waged war on another who disagreed with them religiously are atheists.” Not true. I can...
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Not offended by all-Spanish flyerJan 26, 2014 3:40 am - Not offended by all-Spanish flyer I read with interest the Jan. 18 letter from the Elgin resident who was offended by receiving his bank’s all Spanish flyer. I had ...
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Elgin downtown woes no secretJan 26, 2014 3:40 am - Elgin downtown woes no secret So the Tower Building is leaking tenants, restaurants are closing and nobody knows why. Let’s take a look at some possible answers. At...
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The SoapboxJan 25, 2014 4:00 am - Perfect setting: Friday is Pack the Place night at Prospect High School, which hosts Hersey in a boys-girls basketball doubleheader. It’s also where the IHSA will honor ...
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School costs are taxing seniors out of homesJan 24, 2014 4:00 am - This letter is in response to Jason Daley (Your Views, Jan. 2). You seem to know about all the senior exemptions for seniors, but you are sadly mistaken. All the exempti...
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Obama changed nation way too muchJan 24, 2014 4:00 am - Let’s see ... looking back over 2013, we now have the Obama health care law; unemployment at its highest level ever; same-sex marriage; certain 17-year-olds able to vote...