Diamond Lake Opinion
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On life and death matters, we must resist dealing in speculationNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Speculation is about the only stock in trade for some mysteries. But that doesn't excuse openly dealing in the commodity An Austin, Texas-based PR agent offered us an in...
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District 76 getting its money's worthNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Doing more with less: Per the 2007 school report cards published in your newspaper recently, Diamond Lake School District 76 was above state averages in all academics re...
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Parents must fulfill their parental rolesNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Regarding the story last week about Illinois "dropout factories": While passages about culture and poverty and "one-size-fits-all" educational approaches all described ...
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Illinois cannot defy federal lawNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - I spent a week recently in New York, and during that time one of the hottest topics in the news was their governor, Eliott Spitzer, wanting to enact legislation that wou...
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Soapbox: Making amendsNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Congratulations to the four-member majority of the Grayslake Elementary District 46 board that voted this week to reduce debt interest payments in order to save taxpayer...
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This is why transit funding mattersNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Let me preface these remarks by noting that I am a transit rider and I vote. As the inaction on transit funding goes on, Joe and Jane Blow probably wonder: "Why do I car...
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Soapbox: Be smart, lock upOct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Be smart, lock up Just because you live in a beautiful, well-kept neighborhood where your kids can play safely in the back yard doesn't mean you should leave your garage...
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Sometimes, news and rumors of news carry equal pressureOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, readers will judge for themselves both the truth of what authorities say and the merits of what they don't. In an ideal world, rumors would never figure into...
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Six hundred guns in one residence?Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Would any of us want a person with more than 600 firearms in his home living next to us? That is the question raised by Michael P. Sonka of Mundelein, who admits to owni...
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Villages wise to consider lake waterOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Two more municipalities have joined the parade of Lake County communities looking into the possibility of obtaining Lake Michigan drinking water. And why not? Long-term ...