Cook County Opinion
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Editorial: Price of District 54 raises keeps going upFeb 07, 2013 4:00 am - How many times can the Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 board hit taxpayers for raises as high as 22 percent it gave several administrators a few years ago? Le...
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Murders of unborn far exceed gun deathsFeb 07, 2013 4:00 am - Reported murders in the U.S. for the year 2011 are as follows: By “assault” weapons, 323 By law hammers, 496 By butcher knives, 650 By drunken drivers, 12,000 By aborti...
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Those who make rules profiting nicelyFeb 06, 2013 4:00 am - There are a couple of pockets in America that are doing quite well economically: the Dakotas because they are working hard to produce efficient, low-cost energy, and Was...
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Retired teachers deserve betterFeb 06, 2013 4:00 am - Soon I will be 77 years old. For 33 of those years, I worked as a public school classroom teacher sharing knowledge, exercising and continuously honing my teaching skill...
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Some thoughts on guns, taxes, driver’s licensesFeb 06, 2013 4:00 am - I wonder how the NRA members would feel if someone barged to a graduation or marriage ceremony in with an assault weapon and killed their family members? I don’t underst...
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‘State-run media’ reports on marchFeb 06, 2013 3:40 am - ‘State-run media’ reports on march I find it fascinating that The Associated Press in its Jan. 26 report referred to the participants of a march as “anti-abortion a...
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The reality of public pension plansFeb 06, 2013 3:40 am - The reality of public pension plans Proponents of “defined contribution systems” of retirement plans do not know the realities of most Illinois public pension plans...
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Only one way to know what voters wantFeb 05, 2013 4:00 am - Oh, what games politicians choose to play even right here in Arlington Heights. Mr. Thomas Glasgow said he had a problem with a petition presented by Mr. Bill Gnech rega...
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Same-sex marriage not harmful to societyFeb 05, 2013 4:00 am - Our family would like to say that same-sex marriage isn’t harmful to society, but that Mr. Francis’ views are (Fence Post, Jan. 16). The “so-called gay marriages,” as Mr...
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Cupcakes, Cookies & Coffee for CollegeFeb 05, 2013 4:00 am - Join us for an incredible event called Cupcakes, Cookies and Coffee for College — an event to raise money for Harper College Education Foundation scholarships, benefitin...