Cook County Opinion
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What did lawmakers put in teacher fund?Dec 21, 2013 3:40 am - Did the teachers pension fund enter into a retirement system with an enforceable contractual relationship as stated in our constitution? The answer is no because the leg...
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Cut do-nothing federal departmentsDec 20, 2013 4:00 am - I read in the Herald this morning that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he would cut his staff by 20 percent. It says that this will save $1 billion dollars over five ...
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Reform pensions, but leave retirees aloneDec 20, 2013 4:00 am - The recently passed “pension reform” bill contains a number of curiosities with respect to its harsh treatment of retirees. First, one cannot find an offsetting benefit ...
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Israel must not persuade us into warDec 20, 2013 4:00 am - My thanks go to John Kerry for reaching an agreement with Iran over their nuclear program. This agreement should be given a chance to work. Meanwhile, Israel and its peo...
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Stop funding programs in other nationsDec 19, 2013 4:00 am - I think I must be losing my mind. We are giving billions of dollars to Egypt and they are building their space program. We are cutting back on all kinds of projects in t...
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Protect yourself from house ‘thefts’Dec 19, 2013 4:00 am - The holiday season is a festive time of year when friends and family gather. But the holidays are also a prime time for fraudsters to take advantage of their unsuspectin...
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You have power to help change worldDec 19, 2013 4:00 am - You have the power (the magic) to help people! We all have it. It’s just a matter of realizing it, believing in it and sharing this wonderful gift. You do it sometimes w...
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Stop protecting Wall Street ‘captains’Dec 19, 2013 4:00 am - Whatever happened to expression, “The captain goes down with the ship”? Has this ancient maritime concept and tradition that “a sea captain that holds ultimate responsib...
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Editorial: The essential work of 911 dispatchersDec 19, 2013 4:00 am - A woman calls 911, clearly terrified. “We’ve got somebody in the house here with a gun and he’s threatening all three of us,” she breathlessly tells the man who answers ...
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Raising minimum wage has a ripple effectDec 18, 2013 4:00 am - This is in response to Ron Flowers on his Dec. 9 comments about raising minimum wages. He stated the McDonald’s CEO has a multimillion-dollar salary, and therefore McDon...