Island Lake Opinion
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Time to look beyond our own backyardsMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I see NIMBY is alive and well in the Northwest suburbs. But how "well" can that be? With NIMBY'S head buried in the sand, weighted down with misinformation, the status q...
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Lisa Stone only one who helped himMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - There is nothing wrong with Lisa Stone. If anything, all of the other board members should be recalled. After having an incident with the Buffalo Grove police Lisa Stone...
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Big government equals big businessMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The Democrats in Washington seem to want to generate new laws and regulation with every situation that comes along. Do you realize some of these regulations have been lo...
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GOP seems mostly afraid of votersMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Most of the discussion regarding the recently enacted Arizona illegal immigrant ID law has focused on whether or not it mandates racial profiling. However, lost in the d...
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Need stronger stance on abuseMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Springfield Diocese said earlier that child abuse lawsuits are cutting into charitable works. Catholic charities, senior living and hospita...
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Not much on which to fault GiannouliasMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk has apparently found only one issue with which to attack Alexi Giannoulias. That is the family bank. This is in itself a testimonial to Giannoulias. To hang th...
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Parochial bus cuts amplify burdenMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Dr. Arndt, shame on you and the District 300 school board for balancing the budget for the education deficits on the backs of the parents of the parochial school student...
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Teachers are pension scapegoatsMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - No one could express the problem with the state pension shortfall more precisely and concisely than did Mr. Randall in his letter May 9. He said "... Illinois has the wo...
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Wasn't defending indefensible actsMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - In response to Kate Bochte's letter to the Fence Post Tuesday, April 20, Bochte seems to have a real ax to grind. I ask you, where in my Fence Post letter of April 15 di...
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Other states should follow Arizona's leadMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The Arizona governor signed off on checking for illegals. Hopefully other states will follow suit. If you are here illegally, then you need to go. If you are here legall...