Waukegan Opinion
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Kirk crosses aisle on transportationJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Congressman Kirk is going beyond the call of duty working on Illinois transportation issues. Not only has he obtained significant federal highway funding for Illinois, ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Lake CountyJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Loud and clear When a Lake County jury convicted a Fox River Grove teen of falsely making a terrorist threat this week, it should have sent a resounding message worth po...
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Nuances of passion sometimes are key to deciding story playJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Prominent trials are followed passionately by some people -- but not all. It was a reasonable enough question for a wife to ask her husband three days before a high scho...
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Kirk must make war views clearJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The recent reporting of the Senate intelligence report reminds me of a Mark Kirk declaration in a Northbrook synagogue in 2002. In a debate with Hank Perrit, he said he...
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Kirk stays strong against IranJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is in the news for yet again threatening Israel with destruction. At a celebration marking the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, ...
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Waukegan should abandon 287(g)Jun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - In my view, the City of Waukegan is not losing from the lack of federal assistance to implement the 287(g) program ("Mayors: Local Deportation Help Not There," May 27). ...
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Cheap gas event shows frustrationJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently, I held an event to highlight just how out of control our energy crisis has become. Here in Illinois, the cost of gas has more than doubled in the last seven y...
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Route 53 is the answer to congestionJun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - I enjoyed the Sunday, May 11, Daily Herald article about the history and accomplishments of the Stratton family of Lake County. There was one project the family, or more...
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Good start toward better health careMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was extremely encouraging last week to hear one of the members named to a board overseeing Cook County public health care telling commissioners directly that, in ess...
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Illegal immigration is costly for countryMay 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The issue of illegal immigration remains a sore spot with many taxpayers. A recent report by the Manhattan Institute found that the cost to the federal government by san...