Barrington Opinion
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The time to stop abortion is nowJan 28, 2016 5:00 am - On January 22, 1995, The Clinton administration invited Mother Teresa to be keynote speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast. Last week we reached the 43rd anniversary o...
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More class time would help improve scoresJan 03, 2016 12:00 am - Just finished reading yet another Daily Herald article and editorial concerning our student's lack of sufficient learning to meet the state requirement, and to continue ...
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County has great record of preservationDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - I am writing in response to the letter to the editor submitted by Paul Showers in the Dec. 7 titled "Forest Preserve shows 'dump' mentality." The Lake County Forest Pr...
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Notice of property tax increase seasonNov 28, 2015 12:00 am - It must be tax raising season. I see all these notices in the paper that read: "NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR ... " Then I read Toni Preckwinkle is runnin...
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Does Statue still epitomize freedom?Nov 26, 2015 12:00 am - Is this what America is about? In that case, maybe the right thing to do is to return the Statue of Liberty to the French since it no longer epitomizes the meaning of Am...
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Story helped elevate women veteransNov 14, 2015 12:00 am - Thinking of my previous letter that was published in the Herald in August, I realize that I haven't fully thanked the wonderful people involved - such as Doug Graham, re...
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County employees shouldn't get free dental, exerciseNov 08, 2015 7:11 am - I was shocked when I read Jake Griffin's column of how Lake County pays it's employees with tax money to exercise and even go to the dentist. (Do the county's employees ...
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Power of PACs key to longevity in CongressNov 07, 2015 12:00 am - Re: Your recent letter from Mark Garrity regarding how Peter Roskam epitomizes the situation in Congress. It would be wonderful if we could start again, after firing eve...
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Editorial: Suburban schools take necessary step in heroin battleNov 02, 2015 10:00 pm - It's taken some time, but the shift in attitudes toward combating the suburban heroin epidemic has taken hold. And nowhere is that more evident than in our high schools,...
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Creators deserve fair pay for music we all playOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - On Oct. 14, I, along with 68 other music creators in the state of Illinois, met with our local congressmen as part of program called "Grammys in My District." We encoura...