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Opinion Stories from October 29, 2014 (Change date)

The inexperienced outliers and Politics 2016

By Richard Cohen
Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - At dinner the other night with a collection of political consultants, pollsters, some journalists and a few civilians, we went around the table giving our predictions of...
Jennings is caring, responsible candidate

Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - I am going to be voting for Mike Jennings for Lake County Board, District 10. He would replace our longtime member Diana O'Kelley who is going to become a full-time Fre...
Endorsement: Quigley for Congress, Dist. 5

Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Before his first election to Congress in 2008, Democrat Mike Quigley cut his teeth on common-sense economic leadership as a Cook County Board commissioner constantly cha...
The choice is simple if you want change

Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Bottom line on the governor's race: If you are happy with the way our state is being run, vote for Pat Quinn. If you want a possibility for change, vote for Bruce Rauner...
Stolman will help hold line on taxes

Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - I read somewhere that Illinois has the second-highest property taxes in the nation, and Lake County has the highest property taxes of any other county in Illinois. In fa...
Bartels realistic about county's needs

Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - I recently attended a presentation by Mike Jennings, candidate for the 10th District, Lake County Board. His main and overriding theme at that presentation and in his li...
Beware of ads sponsored by PACs

Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Americans need to be careful reading the attack ads from political action committees. They are typical of the kind of "dark money" being spent by nonprofit groups that d...
Voting machine issue not surprising

Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Republican voters will have to check their votes at least two to three times. It seems that a "miscalibrated" voting machine in Schaumburg was taking Republican votes an...
Endorsement: No on Sleepy Hollow tax increase

Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Leaders of Sleepy Hollow may be able to make a case for needing extra money to keep their capital fund solvent and to maintain a healthy overall fund balance, especially...
Inflated prices of cancer drugs shameful

Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - I have for years been appalled at the fact that Medicare is not able to negotiate drug costs with the drug companies. My information indicates that the United States cit...

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