Opinion Stories from May 19, 2012 (Change date)
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Good reason for post office policyMay 19, 2012 5:01 am - Joni Martin from Hawthorn Woods was heading in the right direction when speaking about the fact that bureaucracy is killing the post office, but she gets there the wrong...
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Bring public employee pay back in lineMay 19, 2012 5:01 am - A story published on May 11 highlighted the exorbitant, taxpayer-funded salary paid to Grayslake Village Manager Mike Ellis, who took home more than $259,000 in 2011. I...
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Must elected officials be constantly supervised?May 19, 2012 5:01 am - This is in response to a letter to the editor on Saturday, May 12, by Shannon Smigielski from Grayslake. She is on the school board and urges us to get involved by going...
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The SoapboxMay 19, 2012 5:01 am - No need for speed: Summer approaches, and that means dreaded road construction. But what’s more annoying — and dangerous — is that people still drive too fast through co...
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Story shows need for state fundsMay 19, 2012 5:01 am - Your feature in Sunday’s paper “Once Homeless, Man is on his Own with the Right Help” highlights the pivotal — and sometimes lifesaving — role the state’s home care prog...
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Make taxpayers part of pension solutionMay 19, 2012 5:01 am - For decades the state of Illinois has abdicated its contractual responsibility to fund the state’s pension systems. State legislators and governors, instead, decided to ...
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Good job or no, he’s paid too muchMay 19, 2012 5:01 am - There is no argument that the Grayslake Village manager, Mike Ellis has done a commendable job, along with all the mayors and trustees who have served our community in m...
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Something to celebrateMay 19, 2012 4:46 am - Often when I open the Sunday Daily Herald I see, but do not open, the section “Celebrate.” I was once — a very long time ago — a groom, but probably not expecting to kno...
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8 years of Obama? I don’t think soMay 19, 2012 4:46 am - In Fence Post May 16, Mr. Kirkland states that we are “most certainly” better of that we were four years ago. Well, Mr. Kirkland, I want some of your Kool-Aid to drink. ...
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Make a commitment and honor itMay 19, 2012 4:46 am - I appreciate Gov. Quinn’s letter in the May 13 Chicago Tribune telling us that we should honor our mothers by saving our state. I sometimes think my mom has more common ...
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