Island Lake Opinion
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Why add nine more Cook judges?Apr 09, 2012 10:07 am - Right now, 272 full circuit court judges in Cook County are in the process of casting secret ballots to select nine new associate judges. The judicial vacancies are abou...
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Hold on expansion of judicial centerApr 07, 2012 5:00 am - The economy tanked, the jobless rate is intolerable, people lost homes, the numbers of homeless and poor increased and Illinois is broke. Judges, whose salaries increase...
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Your chance to scrutinize townshipsApr 05, 2012 5:00 am - Anyone who’s been to a school board or city council meeting knows the drill: People in the audience get to comment on an issue, then the board votes. It’s not often that...
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Shame on Cook for treatment of vetsMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you to the members of the Illinois Senate who saw through the Cook County Board’s shameless attempt to deny service to the veterans of Cook County. It is difficult...
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Make English the official languageMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - The fact that this was a federal mandate did not diminish the outrage I felt when I went to vote and received a bilingual ballot. As far as I am concerned, if you don’t ...
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Stop meddling with health careMar 29, 2012 12:58 pm - As an attorney who has many years of trial experience in litigation, it is curious to me that the current administration is making a philosophical movement to eliminate ...
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Whatever happened to the Golden Rule?Mar 29, 2012 5:00 am - When I was growing up, my parents would often remind me about “The Golden Rule.” Although they did not attend church regularly, they knew about “The Golden Rule,” which ...
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All states should ban texting while drivingMar 29, 2012 5:00 am - There is a current social issue that is killing many people today: texting and driving. It is not only affecting that one person’s safety, it is also harming the communi...
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Get Congress back to workMar 24, 2012 5:00 am - I am writing today to bring to your attention a growing grass-roots political movement. The group called “No Labels” is a nonpartisan political action organization with ...
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All Americans should stand for pledgeMar 24, 2012 5:00 am - “Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.” These are the words that millions of American students have heard every day since they started kindergarten, yet not everyon...