Crystal Lake Opinion
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Red light cameras a moneymaking scamJul 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you for the in-depth look at the latest attempt by our local governments to siphon money off the residents. It is obvious the cameras at the intersections are a mo...
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Saturday Soapbox: New Jersey, you make us look goodJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - More than 40 people in New Jersey, including three mayors and two state lawmakers, were arrested Thursday in the state's latest large corruption probe, an investigation ...
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Health care fix a long time comingJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - George Will in his June 28 column said the "Health-care 'fix' is something we'll likely regret." Is he joking? Who hasn't sat at their physician's office, watching lunch...
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Make health coverage a human rightJul 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Consider the following: more than 45 million Americans are uninsured, with an additional 25 million underinsured; because of growing joblessness, some 14,000 Americans a...
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S.C. gov's wife a role modelJul 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Hurray for Jenny Sanford! How great to have an American role model for backbone. She gave the guy five months to get his act together. He refused the offer. She owes him...
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Just stop and wait for the green lightJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Many of us now who have read the article on red light right turns are now seeing red without the lights. No doubt this is great revenue for the village or township and i...
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A case against year-round schoolJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Summer vacation is probably the most looked forward to time of the year for any student in school. With year-round school, students would get the same amount of time off...
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Tesla should get the big bucksJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Let me attempt to understand: We pay ("lend") $20 billion to General Motors to survive, Chrysler about half that over recent years, and now $6 billion to Ford "to produc...
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More government control bad for usJul 11, 2009 11:00 pm - I hope your readers took the opportunity to see the recent Disney movie in which the humans had been on a "vacation" space vehicle and, because of the extreme "comforts"...
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It's easy to be jaded about public schoolsJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - It's hard not to be cynical about Illinois public schools. Contacting state legislators about problems does no good. Most are beholden to the Illinois Education Associat...