Wauconda Opinion
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New county service standards are a modelSep 15, 2013 5:00 am - The Lake County Board has announced a new plan establishing standards of conduct for commission and board appointees. Approximately 300 appointments are made in numerou...
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Remembrance rescue truck visits West ChicagoAug 29, 2013 11:00 pm - West Chicago, Illinois: August 30, 2013 – West Chicago business owners Kent Jean and Kevin Fett of Evo Exhibits welcomed one of two remaining Rescue Trucks from 9/11 to ...
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Editorial: Consider boat-safety law, but listen to boaters, tooAug 29, 2013 5:00 am - Labor Day weekend starts tomorrow, and with the weather as hot as it’s been, you know that anyone from the area with good sense and a boat will be on the Chain O’ Lakes ...
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Editorial: Heed warning signs of Lyme diseaseAug 27, 2013 5:00 am - Many of us make a habit of ignoring warning signs even when we are aware of the risk. We roll through stop signs, smirk at the numbers on the bathroom scale and shrug of...
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All grads should go through ‘boot camp’Aug 26, 2013 5:00 am - Hearing a radio report about the low number of troops available and considering the unrest of the world situation, we need to have a ready military force available. Cons...
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Sequestration began in White HouseAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - Note to Tom Teune, Aug. 10: It was Obama and his White House team that came up with sequestration. The law passed in the Democratic controlled Senate 74-26 in 2011. Joa...
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Appointment politics were shamefulAug 17, 2013 5:00 am - Wauconda residents got to witness an incredibly selfish and arrogant display of childishness this week, courtesy of Mayor Frank Bart. Bart scheduled a “special village ...
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The SoapboxAug 10, 2013 12:27 pm - Keeping perspective: In an editorial referencing a Buffalo Grove letter about a proposed supportive housing project in Arlington Heights, we failed to note that, that pr...
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Stronger rules needed for pet ownersAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - Last week I read with sadness about the Shih Tzu that was killed by a pit bull in Wauconda’s Cook Park. Today I read with equal sadness that the pit bull had been eutha...
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Editorial: Lake County right to fight unwarranted lawAug 01, 2013 5:00 am - Lake County was served a steaming plate full of something odious it did not order, and now county leaders want it sent back to the kitchen. Good for them. County officia...