Cook County Opinion
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School districts in alternate universesDec 30, 2013 4:00 am - District 21, 2004/2012 taxes: $1,782.42/$3,390.26. District 214, 2004/2012 taxes: $993.39/$1,729.36. In other words, since 2004, my school tax has doubled. I don’t ques...
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Airport can be bigger cash cow for WheelingDec 30, 2013 4:00 am - Dear President (Dean) Argiris: Why not take some of the tax burden off our residents and tap into one of the region’s greatest assets, Chicago Executive Airport? We coul...
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Grateful for all the donations to pantryDec 30, 2013 4:00 am - The Wheeling Township Food Pantry had the largest Thanksgiving distribution in recent years with 266 baskets going to needy individuals, families and senior citizens in ...
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RTA cards for seniors inconvenient, wastefulDec 29, 2013 4:00 am - If a senior citizen would like to get an RTA senior discount, he must get a separate RTA card. That takes weeks to get. Why not just let the senior use his driver's lice...
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U-46 grading needs more common senseDec 29, 2013 3:40 am - U-46 grading needs more common sense For too long, the Elgin Area School District U-46 has used the large size of the district to its advantage. It has not had to c...
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Auto bailouts failed the taxpayersDec 27, 2013 4:00 am - The federal government in bold letters informed the taxpayers that their money used to bail out General Motors and Chrysler saved 1.5 million jobs in 2009. Further, the ...
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Is new mantra ‘armed at any cost?’Dec 27, 2013 3:40 am - Is new mantra ‘armed at any cost?’ May I ask what solution the NRA and those of like mind have as a solution to the kids who kill? We know that the mantra is “enfor...
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More access to FOID card data adds riskDec 26, 2013 4:00 am - The case for local police having access to the FOID card database appears weak. Over and over, news reports of domestic disturbances in which firearms are involved indic...
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Mideast peace will bring about loveDec 24, 2013 4:00 am - Bethlehem has a population of about 30,000 people. Mostly Muslim, they are surrounded by a recently completed 20-foot-high prison wall. On a day like today, a young Musl...
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Are we listening to concerns of animals?Dec 24, 2013 4:00 am - When I was a child, my mother told me that Christmas Eve is the one night in the year when, if we listen with our souls, we can hear animals talk to us. I wonder what th...