Lake Barrington Opinion
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Concessions, pay freezes good movesApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Each week it seems another local school board details plans to make significant budget cuts and in many cases lay off teachers. With the state way behind in what it shou...
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Schools need nurses to care for childrenApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - There is proposed legislation in the Illinois Senate and House to address the needs of children in school with diabetes, SB 3822. Children with diabetes and their paren...
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Defeat Democrats and empty promisesApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - On Sunday, March 21, I spent the entire day listening to events going on in D.C. It was as expected. What happened? Well, Bean, Foster, and Schakowsky, the Democratic ro...
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Backroom deals don't bode wellApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Demon Pass (Deem and Pass) has forever entered into the lexicon of the average American due to the charade of the legislative process taking place in the House of repres...
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Let Melissa Bean join jobless ranksApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - It seems that the current Representative from the 8th District, Melissa Bean, doesn't care about the people of the district. She showed this yet again by voting "yes" fo...
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Who's really making health care threats?Apr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - It is interesting to note how the Democratic Party is making an issue of alleged threats and violence they claim are from Tea Parties or other conservative groups agains...
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The sleeping giant is starting to stirApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - It takes a lot to upset the general American public, but they are upset now. New polling from Rasmussen shows that the folks are very unhappy with the direction of our c...
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Tightening belts would unify countryApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I was talking to my 80-some-year-old mother yesterday, and we began to discuss what life was like in her generation, when money was tight and there weren't all the socia...
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Evidence against Obama piling upApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Barack Obama, in just over one year in office, has managed to publicly criticize and/or embarrass the country he is sworn to lead at least three times. He went to Egypt ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Listen on Molly, EvanApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - 'Work hard, follow your dream': No one can bring that message home better than people like local Olympians Evan Lysacek and Molly Schaus and, more recently, Glenb...