Libertyville Opinion
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Suburban teachers have it too goodJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - The Illinois legislative session recently ended, and the issue of public pensions was not addressed. The money the state owes to pay for these pensions leaves precious f...
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Seatbelt law should be challengedJun 19, 2011 12:00 am - As an attorney with many years of personal injury trial experience, I believe years ago that attorney Al Hofeld Jr. challenged the Illinois law mandating that motorcycli...
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Saturday soapboxJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Smart school move: As the state weighs consolidating school districts, hooray for those starting to share administrative services on their own. One, Oak Grove Elementary...
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Improve, don’t destroy, healthcare, schoolsJun 16, 2011 12:00 am - It has been clear since Republicans proposed the Ryan Budget that destroys Medicare that the public, Democrats and Republicans alike, uniformly reject this idea. At a mi...
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There’s always the cable news jobsJun 15, 2011 12:00 am - As soon as Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, pronounces to Rep. Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat, “He gone,” I’m sure the network of perverted princes will te...
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Contrasting stories of tainted fundsJun 15, 2011 12:00 am - The Daily Herald recently printed a front-page story asking if former U.S. Rep. Bill Foster would return $1,000 in “tainted money” he received from Congressman Anthony W...
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Truth in sentencing drains Illinois fundsJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Results of a study of the truth-in-sentencing law have been sent to every senator and representative in the state of Illinois. Truth in sentencing costs taxpayers a grea...
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Banks insensitive to despositorsJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - The May 15 Wall Street Journal Sunday section in the Daily Herald should be required reading for every high school and college student in America. The banking industry’s...
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Taxpayers lose if gambling expandedJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - I am no self-righteous puritan; if it feels good do it, so long as no harm occurs to others. But expanded casino gambling does nothing more than a stack the deck against...
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End county pension perks, governorJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Maybe it seemed reasonable 14 years ago to give some collar county elected officials 80 percent of their final salary after 20 years of service, but it sure doesn't seem...