Green Oaks Opinion
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Editorial: Turnaround at Lake County Fair encouragingAug 14, 2012 5:00 am - The attendance figures for the 84th annual Lake County Fair, which ended a couple of weeks ago, won’t knock anyone’s socks off. A total of 91,548 visitors, up about 2.8 ...
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Boating course could improve safetyAug 11, 2012 7:00 pm - The Aug. 1 editorial again reminds us that we must be committed to safety on the water. As with driving, using alcohol, ignoring safety equipment (life vests) and speedi...
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The SoapboxAug 11, 2012 5:00 am - Golden memories: Whether they won gold medals or not, we salute suburban athletes representing us well at the 2012 Olympic Games. From Aurora's Anna Li cheering on her g...
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Editorial: Cold War artifact tells a chilling storyAug 02, 2012 9:06 am - Brett Blomberg’s mission in Vernon Hills doesn’t quite equate to pounding swords into plowshares, but it sure has a lot to say about the rumors of war. It’s a story wort...
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Editorial: In brutal summer, recommit to water safetyAug 01, 2012 5:00 am - It’s becoming almost routine this summer to hear about tragedies on Chicago-area waterways, and the death of a 10-year-old Libertyville boy near Lake Villa last weekend ...
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Editorial: Quinn bows to another Emanuel raid on the suburbsJul 29, 2012 8:49 am - A little more than a year after the state of Illinois agreed to $110 million in incentives to keep Motorola Mobility Inc. in Libertyville, the news broke Thursday that t...
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Civil unions create unequal treatmentJul 27, 2012 5:00 am - Regarding the Herald’s opinion of July 2 regarding its position on gay marriage, two points must be stressed: First, the reason that at the state level civil union legis...
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Letter misstated facts about MedicareJul 27, 2012 5:00 am - Elke Trescott in a recent letter to Fence post states that “Medicare premiums will increase a whopping 100 percent by 2014” and cites Obamacare as the reason. This is pa...
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How’s this for tacky solicitation?Jul 26, 2012 1:22 pm - President Obama, with his extreme ego in full evidence, suggests in his re-election fundraising efforts to visit the “Obama Event Registry.” And what is the reason for ...
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Dold budget stance shows independenceJul 26, 2012 1:00 am - Robert Dold is one of a few independent leaders in Congress. While the Senate has been unable to produce a budget, Robert Dold used his independent leadership to support...