Libertyville Opinion
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Property tax fairness must work both waysJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - I do not envy our county clerk, Willard Helander, for the task of justification of property taxes. With all due respect, it's not confusing at all. The explanation provi...
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BP disaster should come as no surpriseJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - When I returned to Illinois three years ago, after a 20-year absence, I was horrified to read that BP Gas Co. was petitioning the state of Indiana to increase the amount...
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Plethora of evidence backs up climate changeJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to a June 22 letter in which the writer "suggests" Dick Durbin should retire for criticizing Republicans for supposedly ignoring climate change scien...
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Combat Speaker Mike Madigan by electing SugrueJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Illinois is in need of change. The best way to bring change to our state is to remove the longest serving leader Speaker of the House Mike Madigan. Speaker Madigan has ...
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Kirk would stand up to enemies, not foldJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - According to the news last month, we have the following situation: the United States has agreed to transfer nuclear reactor technology to Russia; Russia has agreed to he...
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Media bias evident in Hayward yacht coverageJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - If there ever was a doubt as to how biased the media is in favor of Barack Obama, the coverage of Tony Hayward racing his yacht tells a tale. At the same time Hayward wa...
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Saturday SoapboxJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Be ready for emergencies: Unprepared for power outages of the past week? The federal government says we all should be equipped to go it alone for three days, with emerge...
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Only Kirk can dig us out of money messJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - On June 9, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke again stressed the importance of reducing the federal budget deficit in his testimony before a House budget panel. As I'...
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Help WINGS to help neighbors againJun 24, 2010 11:00 pm - We've had more than a rough week of weather, but perhaps the greatest damage was done a week ago when it appears lightning might have hit a transformer, causing a fire a...
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Illegal immigrants' taxes not enoughJun 19, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to a letter in the Herald titled "Illegal immigrants do indeed pay taxes." The writer and many others are misguided about illegal immigrants paying t...