Cook County Opinion
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We need leaders to fight corruptionJun 28, 2013 5:00 am - Mr. Lerman’s letter (June 17), while trying to prove more corruption in the Reagan administration as compared to President Obama’s, doesn’t give all the facts. Investiga...
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Hold elected officials accountableJun 28, 2013 5:00 am - Once again the Democratic Party and legislature failed to address the pension problem. There have to be others besides myself who are frustrated and angry at Springfield...
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New exemption: Average taxpayerJun 28, 2013 4:40 am - New exemption: Average taxpayer As we learn more about the scandal at the IRS. we have also learned that a 501 is not a new pair of Levi jeans; it is a section in t...
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Outrage at Paula Deen is misplacedJun 28, 2013 4:40 am - Outrage at Paula Deen is misplaced Recently Paula Deen lost her job because sometime in the past she used the N word and spoke of hiring black men as waiters at a f...
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Government gave Cheney a heartJun 28, 2013 4:40 am - Government gave Cheney a heart Who says that government-provided health insurance isn’t any good? It gave Dick Cheney a heart, didn’t it? Daniel Welch Lombard ...
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A way to rein in college tuition costsJun 27, 2013 5:00 am - I started my college career at a well-known private university in Chicago in 1967 when annual tuition was $900. Using an inflation calculator, that translates into $6,87...
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Inflated pensions are not what was intendedJun 27, 2013 5:00 am - Regarding public pensions in Illinois we have incessantly heard those with a vested interest claim the state failed to pay enough into them. Yet those same individuals w...
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Hillary Clinton still likes usJun 27, 2013 4:40 am - Hillary Clinton still likes us Apparently Fritz Alexander did not get his information about what Hillary Clinton said from the news conference to the Congressmen wh...
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No salaries for pols until state solventJun 27, 2013 4:40 am - No salaries for pols until state solvent While you were sleeping, retired teacher Beverly Lopatka walked away with a retirement of almost $400,000 and is now spendi...
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Editorial: Finding lessons in a bureaucratic foul-upJun 25, 2013 8:16 am - There is something instructive in the fix in which Kane County finds itself over more than 1,000 DUI convictions that were not properly reported to state authorities. Pr...