Round Lake Park Opinion
-
"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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
Harger helps small businesses thriveApr 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Four years ago we purchased property and moved our construction business to Libertyville. When we first met with Mayor Harger and the village administration, he encourag...
-
Pay raises, pantry cost votes in AvonApr 03, 2009 11:00 pm - I know that most Americans are still politically exhausted following 2008's longer than usual presidential campaign, but I am surprised by how little discussion I have h...
-
Vote NO on plan to extend Route 53Apr 03, 2009 11:00 pm - We need traffic relief in Lake County but a Route 53 expressway is not the answer. As was already demonstrated through the recent Route 120 Corridor planning process, La...