Lake County Opinion
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Terrorism reason not to pick ChicagoOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Why didn't Chicago win the 2016 Olympics? Let me count the reasons for you. Sept. 13, 2004: Congress refused to extend President Clinton's ban on 19 assault weapons. The...
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Follow Indiana in assessment fixOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Accurate property assessment is an important issue to every property owner. One year ago, in a politically courageous move, state legislators in Indiana acted in the bes...
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Saturday SoapboxOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - How about a good fall cleaning? If you need motivation to clean out toy rooms to make room for the Christmas windfall, Mundelein High School students are offering it. Th...
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Abortion is not a health care issueOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Mr. Pasternak recently suggested that abortion is a health care issue. Would he also suggest slavery was an employment issue? I would hope not because both slavery and a...
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Language shows bias in ACORN articleOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I read the Sept. 16th article regarding Dick Durbin and Roland Burris' defenses of their votes not to ban federal funding to ACORN. The article described ACORN as an ant...
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Democrats prove they can do things rightOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Ron Fogel of Buffalo Grove decries President Obama's ability to run a business. We were on the verge of depression, Mr. Vogel. Do you know what that means? We could have...
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Health care facilities are not extravagantOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - In Ken Kitzing's letter to the editor ("Greed is the cause of health care problem"), I take exception. He asserts that hospitals are greedy, that their building is drive...
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Fix failing system that burdens usOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Being over 65, we are covered by the public option called Medicare and can afford supplemental insurance, but given a less self-sufficient circumstance my wife and I mig...
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Here's proof that concealed carry worksOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - I would just like to write a response to Jim Peterson's letter, which raises concerns about a person in a state that allows open carry of weapons by licensed law abiding...
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Roskam should have voted for censureOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Rep. Roskam, A four-letter word, in this case vote, will no longer be something I do for you, Rep. Roskam, because you don't know how to respect proper House procedure. ...