Lake Villa Opinion
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The SoapboxJun 28, 2014 5:01 am - Remembering Depke: In the 1980s when Lake County was divided along growth or no-growth lines, everyone knew where Bob Depke stood. The former county board chairman...
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Editorial: Hard decisions ahead for public coursesJun 26, 2014 1:00 am - President Obama is getting some flak these days for taking to the golf course a little too much. Some say it puts him out of touch with the average American. Local and n...
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Editorial: Weighing freedom, justice issues in DNA caseJun 24, 2014 5:01 am - Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim says he'll immediately act to free Marvin Williford, who is serving an 80-year prison sentence in the 2000 beating death of a N...
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Psychologists should not prescribe drugsMay 28, 2014 5:01 am - I urge legislators to vote down Senate Bill 2187 allowing psychologists to prescribe to the vulnerable patients in Illinois as this does not solve any shortage problems ...
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The SoapboxMay 24, 2014 5:01 am - Prevailing protest: Mount Prospect leaders acknowledge their vote against a state-mandated ordinance had no practical effect, but the protest was worth noting. Requ...
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Kennel annexation disregards neighborhoodMay 19, 2014 5:01 am - On April 9, Lake Villa trustees voted to annex Shag Bark Kennel on Wittenburg Drive over the objections of the residents on Wittenburg Drive. In fact, most of the reside...
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Urban violence is war zoneMay 19, 2014 5:01 am - When will enough be enough? There were 15 shootings on a recent night in Chicago. Here are a couple of other random examples: on a another day in April, 36 people were...
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Don't let state board co-opt local schoolsMay 14, 2014 5:01 am - The Illinois State Board of Education is pushing forward with legislation, HB 5537, that will allow it to remove locally elected school board members from office for wha...
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Leave enforcement goals to local policeMay 12, 2014 1:01 am - We are writing this letter in opposition to SB 3411 and ask you to consider the following points regarding traffic enforcement and the positive effect it has on our comm...
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The SoapboxMay 02, 2014 11:00 pm - Driven to generosity: There are still good Samaritans around, as we learned following Heidi Conner's harrowing story after a deer leapt off an overpass and crashed ...