Island Lake Opinion
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Gore seeing plenty of greenJun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - A recent news item reported that Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have added their fourth luxury home to their real estate holdings. The couple report...
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Where are the jobs we were promised?Jun 04, 2010 11:00 pm - When the stimulus bill was passed we were promised that the unemployment rate would not exceed 8 percent and that the bill would save or create 3.5 million jobs. Neither...
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Fox River Grove wasting moneyJun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, May 11, I attended a special village board meeting in Fox River Grove to discuss the new public works facility. Their current plan is expected to cost $3.5 m...
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Liberal press shows its stripesJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Twice as many brave Americans have died in the first five months of 2010 in Afghanistan and Iraq combat as in the same period last year, yet no one in the mainstream pre...
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Why do I pay for their pensions?Jun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - As I was writing my check for 2009 property tax I took note of several line items for pensions. The total of these "pension" items was $287. This is 6 percent of my tota...
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Thanks for help with food driveMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - The Grafton Township Food Pantry would like to thank the Algonquin/LITH and Huntley post offices for their efforts in the Stamp Out Hunger food drive on May 8. They dona...
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Spill tells us to re-evaluateMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - "Let's just put a lid on it," one BP executive says to another, "put a lid on this bad publicity, the millions of dollars being lost, the millions of gallons of oil bein...
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FCC changes only fix an old messMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Your article on Saturday, May 22 says that the big mean FCC is forcing schools, etc. to replace their wireless microphones. Please note that wireless microphones that us...
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Barrington LWV at risk without helpMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - In 2010, the national League of Women Voters celebrated 90 years of service to democracy, a remarkable record of effort on behalf of our civil society. Here in Barringto...
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Preserve summertime in the suburbsMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - It's an idyllic American scene: Families grouped on blankets in the park on the Fourth of July, picnicking on snacks from local vendors, listening to a municipal band wh...