Vernon Hills Opinion
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Public misled by stories on salariesNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Public misled by stories on salaries I keep reading all of the insulting articles in your publication regarding the extreme amounts of salaries and perks given to educat...
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Soapbox: Tragedy to hopeNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Tragedy to hope The tragedy of Oct. 27, when a double-decker trailer carrying 59 horses overturned near Wadsworth, won't soon fade from the memory of those who were ther...
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On Veterans Day, George Ryan again is taking ordersNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been more than 50 years since George Ryan was available for latrine duty. When he was discharged from the Army in 1956, Mr. Ryan probably figured that his days of f...
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Soapbox: Round-the-clock heroesNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Whatever it is that firefighters are paid, it probably isn't enough. How do you put a value on what these folks do, even when they're off duty? When an early morning hou...
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On life and death matters, we must resist dealing in speculationNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Speculation is about the only stock in trade for some mysteries. But that doesn't excuse openly dealing in the commodity An Austin, Texas-based PR agent offered us an in...
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District 76 getting its money's worthNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Doing more with less: Per the 2007 school report cards published in your newspaper recently, Diamond Lake School District 76 was above state averages in all academics re...
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Illinois cannot defy federal lawNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - I spent a week recently in New York, and during that time one of the hottest topics in the news was their governor, Eliott Spitzer, wanting to enact legislation that wou...
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Soapbox: Making amendsNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Congratulations to the four-member majority of the Grayslake Elementary District 46 board that voted this week to reduce debt interest payments in order to save taxpayer...
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Sometimes, news and rumors of news carry equal pressureOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, readers will judge for themselves both the truth of what authorities say and the merits of what they don't. In an ideal world, rumors would never figure into...
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Soapbox:A good thought for all schoolsOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - No matter what field an elementary student chooses to study as he or she gets older and no matter what profession he or she eventually chooses, few skills will better se...