Gurnee Opinion
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Choose well, be cool and liveJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - In less time than it takes to read this sentence, six teens decided to act. Now four of them are dead, leaving all their friends, family and neighbors with never-ending,...
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Kevorkian promoted death cultureJun 22, 2011 12:00 am - Imagine my surprise to read in the Daily Herald that Jack Kevorkian’s audacious attitude set him apart. The article makes people think that he was a respected physician ...
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Saturday soapboxJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Smart school move: As the state weighs consolidating school districts, hooray for those starting to share administrative services on their own. One, Oak Grove Elementary...
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Time is right to buckle up in back seatJun 12, 2011 12:00 am - Suburban culture is dominated by the automobile. The rite of passage of 16-year-olds getting driver’s licenses. The daily trips Mom or Dad take shuttling the kids to the...
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America’s hope is not with DemocratsJun 08, 2011 4:00 am - A Mount Prospect man recently wrote Fencepost indicating America’s hope lies with the Democrats and that anyone voting Republican who isn’t a millionaire is an ignorant ...
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Parents responsible for teen drinkingMay 24, 2011 1:00 am - My stand on the teen drinking incident is the parents should have been held responsible along with the teens. The teens were the ones doing the drinking and it was their...
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Senior project a model for othersMay 24, 2011 1:00 am - In an effort to overcome the fears of a few Grayslake residents about a senior development at Rt. 120 and Neville Road, Mercy Housing would like to clarify a few facts. ...
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Change law overseeing pensionsMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - The legislature and public employees are debating furiously over pension reform. But for employers a very different problem needs reforming. Six years ago, to fix the p...
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Voters won’t buy just talk from ObamaMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - That was then, this is now. It was in 2008 that a young, fresh, and hungry Barack Obama delivered one of the most impressive campaigns in recent memory, promising, among...
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Showing up is Job 1 in public serviceMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - What if you landed a job and came to work only four out of every five days you were scheduled? Barring any unusual circumstances, you’d probably be shown the exit. Yet ...