Lincolnshire Opinion
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County home not meant to make profitOct 22, 2011 5:00 am - On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the Lake County Board voted 15 to 8 to privatize Winchester House. Many Commissioners and staff spoke about how under present conditions Winchester ...
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Military costs didn’t cause recessionOct 18, 2011 5:00 am - In a recent letter, one of your readers stated the necessity of cutting the military budget. It is beyond comprehension that anyone might put forth that argument as a wa...
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School districts are bleeding us dryOct 17, 2011 5:00 am - I would like to take this opportunity to thank those individuals responsible for raising my school taxes. My 2010 property tax bill just arrived. The combined 2010 scho...
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Religious freedoms are being attackedOct 11, 2011 5:00 am - Of great concern to many who profess Judeo Christian beliefs are recent actions by the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. Examples: forc...
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Focus on adjunct quality, not quantityOct 05, 2011 5:00 am - As a way to save costs, community colleges have increasingly hired adjunct instructors. Bargain that they are, part-timers also allow schools to easily fill gaps and exp...
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Moving on from a public mistakeOct 04, 2011 9:00 am - State Sen. Suzi Schmidt used very poor judgment when she called 911 last Christmas Day to suggest dispatchers ignore her husband if he called. As a former Lake County Bo...
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County ignoring bypass flawsOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - In response to the LCDOT public opinion on the Rt. 45 bypass, they claim that: 타 they considered public opinion. Actually, more than 75 percent wanted an eastern bypass...
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Don’t glamorize the circus atmosphereOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - I would like to comment on the article posted on Thursday, Sept. 29 titled “Suburban vet visit will be long remembered.” I wish that the circus industry not be glamorize...
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The Soap BoxOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - He who giveth ... ... Can't taketh away, at least not once it's listed as an employee benefit. That's the tollway authority's explanation for why it's not putting an end...
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Keep tax break for nonprofit hospitalsSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Not-for-profit hospitals must be ready to treat sick and injured people 24 hours a day regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. Free health care is given to many ill pa...