Cook County Opinion
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Welcome to our world of jet noise, ChicagoOct 26, 2013 5:00 am - Stop the presses. Chicago voters/taxpayers agree over noise from O’Hare expansion. I say, you wanted it, now shut up and live with it. Welcome to our world of dealing wi...
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Republicans made key improvementsOct 26, 2013 5:00 am - Mr. Boros, you know absolutely nothing about the Tea Party and its constituents (Your Views, Oct. 21). Undoubtedly, your mother was referring to the time when Nikita Kru...
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Andy Pafko rose above the restOct 26, 2013 5:00 am - No. 48 is gone. It saddened me to read of Andy Pafko’s death. In yet another bygone era of poor baseball, Handy Andy was a star among a host of mediocrities. Andy’s trad...
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Tax assessments not grounded in realityOct 25, 2013 5:00 am - On Sept. 25, I attended a meeting for Hanover Township residents to get information on how to appeal our real estate taxes. A representative from the board was explainin...
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Money is at the root of our warsOct 25, 2013 5:00 am - Peter Reynolds (Your Views, Sept. 27), after seeing the mobile Vietnam memorial wall, asked why our country was involved in Vietnam as it seemed so senseless. The answer...
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Anti-guns sign in the window? Laughable.Oct 25, 2013 5:00 am - The Silly Season is upon us. Illinois State Police have designed a sign that people can post in their place of business informing customers that concealed guns — while l...
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Personal insurance rates skyrocketingOct 25, 2013 5:00 am - According to a letter I received from my insurer, starting in January 2014, insurance rates for an adult with one child will almost double for the same coverage with a h...
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Editorial: Suburban cops going into the ring to reach outOct 25, 2013 5:00 am - Jeff Swoboda knows well that the most effective police work is in getting to know the people in your community — to show them you’re just as human as they are and to gai...
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Our own Rush Limbaugh wannabeOct 25, 2013 4:40 am - Our own Rush Limbaugh wannabe We’ve all seen the great work the Tea Party is doing shutting down the government in Washington, but it was good to see them at work r...
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A clarification on 2016’s Election DayOct 24, 2013 5:00 am - I agree with Mr. Piagari’s thoughts expressed in his Oct. 19 letter urging us to do our homework. I wanted to correct his one error. The presidential election in 2016 wi...