Mundelein Opinion
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"Yes" vote is not consensus on Rt. 53Apr 24, 2009 11:00 pm - This week roughly 22 percent of the voters of Lake County went to the polls and voted on the advisory referendum question, "Shall the State of Illinois construct the ext...
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Saturday SoapboxApr 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Both sides of the tracks: When government entities cooperate, the taxpayers win. This week the Barrington Countryside and Lake Zurich fire protection districts agreed to...
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Resolution hard to get in Staker caseApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - It's a tragic case, no matter how you look at it. An 11-year-old girl is raped, repeatedly stabbed, strangled and left to die in a Waukegan apartment bathroom. Who kill...
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Opposing Route 53 not an issue of classApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Shame on you, Mr. Tischuser. In your letter April 2, you have taken an environmental issue, Route 53, and attempted to reduce that issue to one of what you perceive to b...
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Saturday SoapboxApr 10, 2009 11:00 pm - This shouldn't be the end The big Route 53 referendum victory in Lake County will feel a bit hollow if that's the end of it. More than 63,000 voters - nearly 76 percent ...
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State has plenty of airports right nowApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Just a note to Governor Pat Quinn. Illinois does not need a fifth airport, that's right, a fifth airport! There are already four airports: O'Hare, Midway, Rockford and J...
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Cyclist lays out rules of the roadApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Please permit me to reply to the recent letter from Bill Fanning. I am a bicycle commuter and I ride on public roads. The first thing that must be clearly understood is ...
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Snow in April's sure not global warmingApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - I turned all my house and garage lights on at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night and left them on until 10:30 p.m. Global warming is the best hoax ever. There is no scientific a...
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Nursing homes ill-equipped for mentally illApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently the Daily Herald ran a story on the harm done by the practice of housing people with mental illness in nursing homes. ("Tragic Results: What can happen when the...
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Valid reasons to vote against Rt. 53 planApr 04, 2009 11:00 pm - A referendum on extending Route 53, with little dissemination of information, doesn't constitute a valid opinion vote. If it's "yes," a hot-button issue slipped through ...