Lake County Opinion
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Editorial: The benefits of video visits for jail inmatesOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time” was TV cop Tony Baretta’s chilling warning in the 1970s of the penalty for breaking the law. Incarceration, whether it’s a ...
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It’s a shame to lose HelanderOct 23, 2013 5:00 am - I read with sadness the statement from longtime Lake County Clerk Willard Helander regarding her plans not to seek re-election next year. She cited state efforts to chan...
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Editorial: Reconsider separate election boardsOct 10, 2013 5:00 am - We’ve been scratching our heads for months about a state law of mysterious origins that requires Lake County to take election duties away from the county clerk and creat...
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Beware costly scam to copy deedsSep 29, 2013 5:00 am - The Lake County Recorder’s Office has been flooded with phone calls asking about a letter regarding the deed to the caller’s home. It looks very official but the true p...
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Editorial: Let’s be sure Des Plaines River flood-control projects get doneSep 25, 2013 5:00 am - For suburban residents living along the Des Plaines River, the headline “27 projects to curb Des Plaines River flooding” in Tuesday’s Daily Herald was most definitely we...
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Editorial: Lake County’s model idea for leadership standardsSep 24, 2013 5:00 am - Two questions come to mind in the wake of the Lake County Board’s recent decision to require appointees to scores of boards and commissions to sign a “standard of conduc...
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Sente internship a valuable experienceSep 16, 2013 5:00 am - I would like to thank state Rep. Carol Sente for a wonderful summer internship experience that allowed me to learn about the many duties of a state legislator and her st...
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Editorial: Consider boat-safety law, but listen to boaters, tooAug 29, 2013 5:00 am - Labor Day weekend starts tomorrow, and with the weather as hot as it’s been, you know that anyone from the area with good sense and a boat will be on the Chain O’ Lakes ...
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Editorial: Heed warning signs of Lyme diseaseAug 27, 2013 5:00 am - Many of us make a habit of ignoring warning signs even when we are aware of the risk. We roll through stop signs, smirk at the numbers on the bathroom scale and shrug of...
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The SoapboxAug 10, 2013 12:27 pm - Keeping perspective: In an editorial referencing a Buffalo Grove letter about a proposed supportive housing project in Arlington Heights, we failed to note that, that pr...