Lake County Opinion
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Still time to vote for health care reformNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I wish to publicly thank Representative Melissa Bean for casting her vote to pass the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962. I applaud her for resisting trem...
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Seniors don't get it for freeNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I have read and watched the debate on health care closely. It appears that a family of four pays on average $14,000 annually for a decent policy, or about $3,500 per per...
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Fence Post writer has me all wrongNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Let a writer dare suggest that the mainstream media is no longer liberal, but in fact has a conservative bent, and angry rebuttals are sure to follow. That is the case w...
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Vote against reform is a vote for freedomNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I just wanted to publicly say thank you to Representative Peter Roskam for voting against the ruinous "Health Care Reform (actually "Health Insurance Regulation") bill t...
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Put rhetoric aside in health care debateNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - I wonder why it is that so many Congress people are so inclined to listen to the voices of a single lobbyist over the calls and letters of constituents who pull the leve...
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Thanks for courage on health care voteNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Dear Honorable Rep. Melissa Bean, This is to express thanks on behalf of my wife and two kids, for standing on the side of the common and hapless citizens by voting in f...
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Signs were there for anyone to findNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Just one thing I haven't heard yet. I think the best way to described the Fort Hood shooter is a sleeper. You know someone who sits silently and waits then strikes out a...
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Whose interests are banks representing?Nov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Let's see if we can make some sense out of the present big banking mess. The biggest banks that public money has saved from financial ruin and, therefore, according to t...
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We're sick of excuses on property taxesNov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - I just got my homeowner's tax bill today and just about hit the ceiling. I went up $944 in taxes. If the politicians don't think I'm angry they better think again. They ...
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Reaction is testament to quality parentingNov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - I just want comment on the grace and class of Garrard McClendon and his family in response to the murder of their parents. Within days of the murder and without the susp...