Lake Barrington Opinion
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Publish more about public meetingsAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - The editorial on loss of transparency was very thought provoking. How can we better support transparency? What is a best practice model for local government transparency...
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Pride a factor in race relationsAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Concerning your editorial, "When pride becomes prejudice": It's really simpler than all that. When Professor Gates committed the sin of pride, he colored his sensibiliti...
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Press is citing, not covering, ObamaAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - President Barack Obama appears to be breaking every record kept on U.S. presidential press coverage. Over the first six months of this year, he was cited in a staggering...
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Start overhaul by controlling costsAug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - As the House and Senate continue to cram forward with the plan to overhaul our great nation's health-care system, I have three questions for our elected representatives:...
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Is Kirk too independent?Aug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Will Kirk's votes kill his candidacy? I read with interest the Daily Herald account of Congressman Mark Kirk's July 21 announcement to run as a Senate candidate from his...
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Can government handle health care?Aug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The recent rush to thrust government-run health care upon us has many of us deeply concerned. As for me personally, I readily acknowledge that the system is in need of r...
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Energy bill nothing but big tax hikeAug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Washington is trying to hand Illinois, and the rest of the nation, the largest tax increase in our history. The "cap-and-trade" scheme at the core of the energy tax bill...
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Flat tax is the only fair taxAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. President, how about going to a flat tax? We have a system in place now that's broke and has been broken for many years. No two people could interpret the laws now t...
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A new low for Buffalo GroveAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Once again, the Buffalo Grove Village Board has hit a new low. At the most recent board meeting, Trustee Braiman came prepared for high drama, having prepared a four or...
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Buffalo Grove officials upstandingAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - I was both dismayed and angered to read the stories in the Herald regarding the ongoing friction among members of the Buffalo Grove Village Board. I was Jeff Braiman's l...