Cook County Opinion
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Rooftop owners have no rights to CubsMay 18, 2013 5:00 am - I don’t get it. If a serial bank robber gets caught, does he get to keep 83 percent of the stolen loot by cutting a deal with the feds? Yet, that is exactly what is happ...
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A way to make Internet tax fairMay 18, 2013 5:00 am - Sen. Dick Durbin thinks it unfair that Internet retailers don’t have to charge the same high rate of sales tax that the brick and mortar retailers are required to charge...
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Chance of restoring Meigs Field?May 18, 2013 5:00 am - The Federal Aviation Authority recently reversed its decision to close several airport towers due to funding issues. On Nov. 10, 2001, our daughter (age 8, at the time) ...
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Presidency is most unethical in historyMay 18, 2013 5:00 am - Here’s a primer of recent history. President Obama is late to react to virtually any domestic or international crisis. He refuses every offer of help after the BP oil ri...
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Marijuana needed as a painkillerMay 17, 2013 4:08 pm - I remember meeting a woman on a cane who had multiple sclerosis, 5-foot-6, barely weighing 100 pounds with her bones distinctively visible through her skin. She told me ...
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Medical marijuana a step backwardMay 17, 2013 4:08 pm - On April 17, the Illinois House passed HB 1, often referred to as “medical marijuana” legislation, 61-57. On Friday, the state Senate followed suit with a 35-21 vote, an...
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Speaker has a new motivationMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - After decades of inaction, Speaker Michael Madigan has finally decided to develop a plan to address the pension system which, in its current form, is strangling the fina...
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Drastic changes needed to save stateMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - The State is bust, morally and financially. The best solution to the pension problem is to 1) switch to all charter schools, 2) get rid of public teachers and 3) break t...
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Use of fossil fuels hurts the poor mostMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - This is in response to Gerald Aleksy’s May 9 letter criticizing a protester of the Keystone XL pipeline. Mr. Aleksy begins by claiming, “Many qualified scientists dismis...
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Accountability, sacrifice neededMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - First off, we as taxpayers of the state of Illinois demand that the leaders of the Illinois legislature who blatantly violated the Illinois Constitution by borrowing fro...