Cook County Opinion
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Palatine location ideal for housingJul 01, 2013 5:00 am - Last week, the Palatine Plan Commission voted 7-1 to recommend approval of Catherine Alice Gardens, a permanent supportive housing development for individuals and famili...
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Enforce current immigration lawsJul 01, 2013 5:00 am - The U.S. doesn’t need new immigration laws. We especially don’t need the Senate’s bloated, pork laden, 1,200 page “immigration bill” which will shovel out our tax dolla...
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Traffic a problem for proposed Palatine facilityJul 01, 2013 5:00 am - I am writing about the proposed Catherine Alice Gardens facility in Palatine. As a preface, I am a resident of Palatine. The area in question is a significant distance f...
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Housing project will be good for PalatineJul 01, 2013 5:00 am - Catherine Alice Gardens, the permanent supportive housing apartment building for people with disabilities being proposed by the Housing Task Force, the Alexian Brothers ...
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Comic strip on prayer crossed the lineJul 01, 2013 5:00 am - I feel that a line was crossed in the June 19 comic strip of Soup to Nutz, by Rick Stomoski. For him to suggest that wishing and prayers are the same thing, and get the ...
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Throw out pols for pension crisis failureJul 01, 2013 5:00 am - Throw out pols for pension crisis failure Financing Illinois’ pension debt just cost taxpayers dearly. Taxpayers will have to pay 40 percent more in interest paymen...
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Why give voice to unconventional views?Jun 30, 2013 5:00 am - The topic hasn’t come up lately, but I’m presuming we would not profile someone trying to sell far and wide the theory that the Holocaust did not exist. There are those ...
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Double standard for southern bellesJun 30, 2013 4:40 am - Double standard for southern belles Seems that if you are a black congressman and you call a male Caucasian “whitey,” that’s OK. If you are a member of Congress and...
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Thanks for help with food driveJun 29, 2013 4:40 am - Thanks for help with food drive The volunteers of F.I.S.H. Food Pantry would like to thank all the area residents who generously donated food May 11 for the Nationa...
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Who's Fighting for Actual People in Washington...Anyone?Jun 28, 2013 11:00 pm - While I have been very pleased with the fact that our congressman, Brad Schneider (IL-10), has been voicing his support for marriage equality and rejoicing over it repea...