Wauconda Opinion
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Many failures led to Muddy Paws shelter disasterJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - We look at the mess that is Muddy Paws Dog Rescue in Deer Park and we ask: How could this happen here? How could what was once an established, well-known animal shelter ...
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Beware FCC control of InternetJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - During the time my family and I lived overseas, we were on hand for the military overthrow of a government. Nine years later, another faction began military action (in t...
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A dichotomy: Cold is declared warmJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - It's Orwellian when cold is declared warm, that the earth is continuing to get warmer even as it feels colder outside. Given that a huge blizzard shut down much of the N...
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A little sharing could go a long wayJan 01, 2011 10:00 pm - While winter break gave students and teachers a reprieve from the daily routine, officials from some suburban districts took no break from thinking about ways to use tax...
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Saturday soapbox: Four words for your resolutionDec 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Four words for your resolution: To every suburbanite who begins today with a New Year's resolution to lose weight in 2011, may we offer four words: You can do it. ...
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Vandals won't spoil his holiday spiritDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - While I can totally appreciate how the Michels family must have felt as described in the Dec. 20 article, I must implore them to hang in there. I personally have experie...
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A cautionary duck taleDec 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Sometime late this summer, eight beautiful Peking ducks appeared on Bangs Lake in Wauconda. They swam in a group close to the shore ignoring and being ignored by the gee...
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Prosperity depends on the richDec 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Mr. Glassman should stick with motorcycles instead of trying to understand economics. What do rich people do with all the money they get? Do they bury it in their backy...
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Public bodies want too much moneyDec 24, 2010 10:00 pm - In this brutal Lake County economy, it is outrageous that many Lake County public organizations are in the process of requesting more property tax from the residents. Ma...
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You can't beet this for enterpriseDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - It may sound like a poultice your great grandmother mixed up to treat whatever ailed you, this concoction of beet juice, salt brine and calcium chloride. Truth is, it co...