Fox Lake Opinion
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Endorsement: Fox Lake sales tax increaseFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Fox Lake is asking residents to approve a 1 percentage point sales tax increase to raise roughly $1 million to hire police officers and staff, pay for street repairs and...
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Endorsement: 'No' for Fox Lake to join fire districtFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Should Fox Lake residents fully join the Fox Lake Fire Protection District? The village says yes because it needs to get politics out of fire coverage and not negotiate...
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Endorsement: Charland for Lake County BoardFeb 22, 2016 12:00 am - Two active community volunteers - Gloria Charland, 59, of Ingleside and Roger T. Smith Sr., 41, of Fox Lake - are competing in the March 15 election to be the Democratic...
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Endorsement: Martini for Lake County BoardFeb 22, 2016 12:00 am - In the Lake County Board District 5 Republican race, the choice comes down to well-established credentials in county government vs. newcomers who also have a lot to brin...
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Endorsement: Schneider our choice in key Congress primaryFeb 07, 2016 10:00 pm - Last year, former U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield offended some members of his own party by questioning the nuclear arms agreement President Barack Obama's adminis...
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County board candidate well preparedFeb 07, 2016 12:00 am - This upcoming primary offers Lake County District 5 Republican voters some real choices. I believe that our district will be best served by voting for David A. Zipp. I...
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Martini has strong record of serviceJan 17, 2016 12:00 am - In the race for the District 5 seat on the Lake County Board, I'd like to offer a strong endorsement for Judy Martini. I've known Judy personally for 20 some years and ...
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Editorial: Gliniewicz case gave us a reminder of importance of discretionDec 28, 2015 10:00 pm - We remember distinctly where we were when we first heard that a police officer had been shot in Fox Lake. During our regular Tuesday morning editors confab we heard in q...
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Let's not repeat mistakes of the pastDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - As expected given the recent spate of news coverage of the Paris climate talks, deniers have stepped up their letter writing, trotting out the same old arguments about w...
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Explorers saddened to be told they're no longer needed in Fox LakeDec 10, 2015 10:00 pm - Last week, the Fox Lake Explorers and their parents met with the Fox Lake Police Department and the Mayor Donny Schmidt. Previously, the last meeting of the year has alw...