Lake County Opinion
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Endorsement: Yes on Antioch fire district mergerOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - Antioch residents will be asked whether the village should join the First Fire Protection District of Antioch Township and officially pay for fire and ambulance services...
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Endorsement: 'Yes' to borrow funds for Round Lake Park police pensionsOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - Three years after Round Lake Park voters rejected the village's request for a property tax hike to fix its woefully underfunded police pension fund, the problem remains ...
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Endorsement: Thorsen, Reinert in McHenry Board District 2Oct 20, 2016 1:00 am - The field of four candidates seeking two McHenry County Board seats representing District 2 offers voters an interesting mix of experience in government and business, th...
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Yard signs, did we lose the meaning?Oct 20, 2016 1:00 am - It's that time of year again when political yard signs propagate faster than dandelions. Have we lost the meaning of the term "yard sign"? Yard signs signify that a cand...
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Endorsement: Barber, Barnes in McHenry Board District 1Oct 20, 2016 1:00 am - Voters in the McHenry County Board's District 1, which encompasses the populous southeastern corner of the county, have the fortunate choice between four qualified and a...
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Endorsements: Christensen, Johnson for McHenry County Board, District 3Oct 20, 2016 1:00 am - McHenry County Board incumbent Michael Walkup is running for county board chairman, a position without a vote. That's why the Crystal Lake Republican also seeks re-elect...
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Endorsement: Yes to repair Green Oaks roadsOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - Green Oaks voters are asked to support a first in the village's 56-year history - a municipal property tax. It would be used to provide a steady revenue source for road ...
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Letter inaccurately condemned studentsOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - A letter to the editor was published on Sunday by a Michael Stephans, a former Grayslake North parent. The letter suggested that our wonderful senior women were showing ...
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Endorsement: Shapiro as Cook County circuit court clerkOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - We're back to where we were four years ago, and four years before that. Dorothy Brown has been the circuit clerk of Cook County for 16 years, elected in 2000 with an agg...
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Governor should end all talk of Rt. 53 extensionOct 19, 2016 1:00 am - My family and I call on Gov. Rauner to protect Lake County and drop the controversial Route 53 extension. As residents of Mundelein, which sits directly in the path of...