Cook County Opinion
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Reasons Hillary Clinton shouldn’t be presidentNov 02, 2013 5:00 am - This is in response to a letter from Jim Peterson (“Hillary Clinton should be the next president,” Oct. 17). 1) The writer mentions no specific accomplishments. There ar...
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Hypocrisy abounds in governmentNov 01, 2013 7:06 pm - There he goes again. Mr. Prescott (Oct. 13), unable to articulate a calm reasoned response to issues of the day, continues to resort to name calling and conjuring up ima...
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Schakowsky’s arrest demeans herself, her officeNov 01, 2013 5:00 am - As a constituent of the 9th Congressional District, I am compelled to write in an effort to ensure that all residents of the district take notice of our representative’s...
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Editorial: Awareness key to battling heroin useNov 01, 2013 5:00 am - Police chiefs, legislators, school officials, parents, students. The fight against drugs — especially the heroin epidemic in our suburbs — is involving, rightfully so, a...
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Facts are clear on climate changeNov 01, 2013 5:00 am - Richard Francke’s letter of Oct. 23 made me wonder yet again, what is the Daily Herald’s policy on printing letters to the editor containing errors of fact? In his lette...
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A simple idea to help travelers with kidsNov 01, 2013 5:00 am - Here’s a no brainer for whoever is in charge of such stuff — when a rest stop is closed on a major highway, like I-55 or I-57, post the “Closed” notice on the sign for t...
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Smooth drive, but worth the cost?Oct 31, 2013 5:00 am - So, the new two-mile stretch of Lake Shore Drive cost $64 million or, calculated another way, $32 million per mile. Is it paved with gold? Good intentions? Union contrac...
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Collaboration helped bring about water ordinanceOct 31, 2013 5:00 am - Recently the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the Cook County Watershed Management Ordinance (WMO...
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Suburban transit needs bigger shareOct 31, 2013 5:00 am - Who gets and who gives? In the world of publicly funded goods and services, the two often don’t match up. Childless homeowners pay taxes so public schools can educate o...
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Shivering in fright over meat industryOct 31, 2013 5:00 am - I am not scared of all the witches, zombies and assorted goblins wandering about on Halloween. What really scares me is the meat industry. This is the industry that: Mut...