Diamond Lake Opinion
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Editorial: The benefits of video visits for jail inmatesOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time” was TV cop Tony Baretta’s chilling warning in the 1970s of the penalty for breaking the law. Incarceration, whether it’s a ...
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It’s a shame to lose HelanderOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - I read with sadness the statement from longtime Lake County Clerk Willard Helander regarding her plans not to seek re-election next year. She cited state efforts to chan...
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‘Affordable’ doesn’t mean simpleOct 22, 2013 5:00 am - If “Obama Care”, better known as the “ Affordable Care Act,” is so great and beneficial, then why are we advised to purchase “The Obama Care Survival Guide” for $19.99? ...
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Family will feel loss of Dominick’sOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - When Mundelein lost Blockbuster a few years ago, I survived by finding movies to rent at other places like the library. When we lost Best Buy and Applebee’s, it was a l...
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More than one way to wreck nationOct 21, 2013 5:00 am - The skirmishing continues in Washington. Shifting demands of the Tea/Republican Party make it clear that what is in fact demanded is the resignation of the current occu...
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The SoapboxOct 19, 2013 5:00 am - A special homecoming queen, Part 1: We can’t say enough about the seniors at Downers Grove North High School, especially Mary Doro, who nominated her friend Anne Wagner ...
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Follow the rules on cars and bicyclesOct 18, 2013 5:00 am - I’d like to address the driver who yelled, “Bikes have rules of the road too, you jerk!” on a recent afternoon in Mundelein. Exactly what rule did you think I was viola...
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Public must take lead in crisisOct 17, 2013 12:24 pm - Amid a federal government shutdown and debt ceiling arguments, the effects on the local level are minimized. So long as the status quo remains in balance, the general pu...
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Farewell to tears: A Libertyville High School Homecoming memoryOct 16, 2013 10:45 am - After Annie was born 23 years ago with Down syndrome, I cried. A lot. I cried because all the books we bought after her diagnosis were filled with scary medical, social...
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Mundelein should trap skunks, tooOct 16, 2013 5:00 am - In response to the article, “Trapper Hired to Thin the Skunk Population in Vernon Hills,” by Mick Zawislak, I feel this is a great idea, and should also be done in Munde...