Cook County Opinion
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Evaluation needed if speed bill OK’dJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - Senate Bill 2356 as amended essentially raises the speed limit of cars and trucks on the rural Illinois interstate highway system to 70 miles per hour and has been sent ...
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Should stop paving until flooding solvedJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - The pending (hopefully pending and not already “approved”) request by the Evangelical Free Church in Arlington Heights should remind us of the following: After the flood...
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Gay marriage is about freedomJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - Our son Charlie and his partner, David, recently purchased their first home. On a recent weekend we helped them plant a garden in the front yard, talked and laughed abou...
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Skip the pools, give taxpayers a refundJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - I respect the District 211 superintendent and the school board, but the spending of $15 million dollars for five pools is a show stopper. Do we really have to do this no...
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Elk Grove Vill. does Memorial Day rightJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - Memorial Day saw my husband, a Korean War Veteran, and me at the annual event in Elk Grove Village to honor all those who served our country in our various wars and mili...
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Food drive benefits township pantryJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - The Stamp Out Hunger food drive is the nation’s largest single-day food drive. The annual Postal Carriers/Stamp Out Hunger food drive was held on Saturday, May 11, 2013 ...
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Church can put 8 houses to better useJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - There is an unmet need in Arlington Heights for housing of both modest income families and people suffering from mental illness. This is a need which is not subject to r...
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Don’t tamper with origin of marriageJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - A recent letter asked the question, “By what mathematical and logical reason should same-sex marriage be condemned?” Using various statements based on the writer’s perce...
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Parking lot has no benefit to villageJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - The Orchard Evangelical Free Church wants to tear down eight nice homes on nine lots to create an even larger parking lot. I cannot see how this could possibly benefit t...
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Let’s push voting age back to 21Jun 03, 2013 4:40 am - Let’s push voting age back to 21 In its May 30 editorial, the Daily Herald calls for allowing 17-year-olds to vote. The reasoning: “An earlier voting age will engag...