Antioch Opinion
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Take the sales tax money and runDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The member of the school board who objects to funding from sales tax talks like a person with a brain the size of a BB rolling around inside of a boxcar. Didn't you ever...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Is it time to have female leadership?Dec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Countries worldwide have experienced male leadership "war mongering." Many of these countries are now turning to female leadership for a more biologically controlled lea...
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Candidates not talking key issuesDec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - I watched the two-hour YouTube debate last night. The questions were so guarded it was pathetic. Not a lot of time was spent on how to balance the budget or fix social s...
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Too much money is spent on campaignsDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - I am surprised that the average American does not pay more attention to the money wasted on political campaigns. These millions of dollars could be used more effectively...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutDec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Lake County Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Winning Bears: Congratulations to the Lake Zurich High School football team on its Class 7A championship. Winning a state championship -- whether it's football or any o...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...
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We need to use water more wiselyNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - It frustrates me to no end to read of the ongoing efforts to get Lake Michigan water pumped to communities in North and West Lake County. There are rules and regulatio...