Cook County Opinion
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Metra missing out on fare collectionMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - I have a solution for Metra’s cash problems which does not necessitate raising fares: Collect fares from passengers! My wife and I rode the Northwest train downtown on a...
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Teachers need to keep learning, tooMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - As a recently retired Northwest suburban teacher, I would like to explain why teachers receive seminar time. Illinois requires school districts to adhere to basic calend...
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These teens deserve some good publicityMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - Once before I wrote about the good work the teen “Crush” team was making money by selling chances for gift baskets to make money for a trip to do good free work for poor...
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Just a little sacrifice needed from allMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - Sequestration appears to have caused problems relating to the closing of the White House for tours and layoffs of air controllers (though now resolved), and it may resul...
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Autism campaign needs advocatesMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - During April Autism Awareness month, many parents of children on the spectrum heard new statistics — that 1 in 50 children are now being diagnosed with autism. People ne...
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Teachers need training to stay currentMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - I am writing in response to Paul Gasiorowski’s letter, “Teachers shouldn’t need seminar time”. It was filled with so much false information and misconceptions that I cou...
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A society grounded in Christianity has hopeMay 19, 2013 5:00 am - The culture of a society is in fact the religion of that society externalized. It may affect its art, music, food, etc., but it runs much deeper than these. When multic...
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Include Cook in concealed carry lawMay 19, 2013 5:00 am - I read the article the Herald regarding the legislature’s debate on the new concealed carry law. Based on what I read, they want to exclude Cook County from the new law ...
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Fire chief’s pension, sick pay outrageousMay 19, 2013 4:40 am - Fire chief’s pension, sick pay outrageous I would think every taxpayer who doesn’t work for the government would be outraged over the obscene $95,640 per year pensi...
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The SoapboxMay 18, 2013 5:00 am - A courtroom first: This week’s conviction of Johnny Borizov in the murders of three Darien family members marked the first suburban gavel-to-gavel trial coverage with st...