Lakemoor Opinion
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Distinguish between winery, tavernApr 26, 2012 5:00 am - My wife and I have visited many wineries and we have enjoyed them. On these Wine tasting visits it was always very clear I was not in a tavern. For one thing the quantit...
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Bishop’s comments don’t represent meApr 21, 2012 3:14 pm - Bishop Daniel Jenky does not speak for me. I am a lifelong Catholic and find his comments comparing our president’s health care policies to actions by Adolf Hitler vicio...
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Obama’s off-mic comment a concernApr 21, 2012 3:14 pm - “This is my last election, and after my election I have more flexibility,” Obama tells Russian President Dmitri Medvedev off mic. “I understand. I will transmit this inf...
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Non-profits wise to rely less on governmentApr 20, 2012 5:00 am - In the past few years, with the state's budget in a shambles, its payments to school districts and others in arrears and largely written off, often the last in line to r...
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The SoapboxApr 14, 2012 1:00 am - Big ray of hope: In a huge suburban sign of economic recovery, developers Dwight and Ruth Yackley are launching a $30 million expansion of their upscale Main Street Prom...
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An important step in recyclingApr 10, 2012 5:00 am - Tight budgets, cuts in social services, rising property taxes and road congestion are a few critical issues on a list that seems endless and overwhelming. With no shorta...
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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...