Island Lake Opinion
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Health care a right, not a privilegeMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - No American should have to go to sleep wondering whether they can financially survive an illness or health care issue. The sense of peace and security that comes with th...
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Kids lose in coaching debacleMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Teachers say, "It's all about the kids." Two Larkin High School basketball coaches were hired to coaching positions they were not qualified for. Two Larkin basketball co...
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GOP out of touch with Main StreetMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Last Thursday, while attending a discussion at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the topic turned to the President's plan to let the Bush tax cuts expire for fa...
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Get ready for health care sucker punchMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - We all want legitimate health care reform, but the crooks in Washington always take advantage of the public's needs to pour in the pork and inject government control to ...
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Be compassionate; OK medical potMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Since 1996, 14 states have enacted laws for the compassionate use of marijuana as a medicine. There are 13 states including Illinois with pending legislation or ballot m...
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Conflicting sales reports confusingMar 04, 2010 10:00 pm - I realize there needs to be an element of "shock value" in news and in selling newspapers, but the day in and day out of contradicting reports regarding the housing mark...
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Health plan has many paying for the fewMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - What began as health care insurance "reform" has now become "health care reform." That could be fine, as long as it doesn't mean a government takeover of the health care...
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A loud, bizarre silence in Island LakeMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Here's a bizarre case of stone-cold silence that could happen almost no where in the suburbs but Island Lake, a community buffeted by odd government scandal in recent ye...
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Obama must do what it takes to fix systemMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - We're all concerned with increasing health costs, but you don't realize it until something happens to you personally. In December I broke my leg. Surgery had to be done ...
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Dist. 158 at fault for special ed problemMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Taxpayers in School District 158 should be disgusted with the administration and the school board regarding the recent resignation of the special education director. It ...