Lake County Opinion
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Use stimulus for people, not particlesMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Fermilab hopes to get stimulus package money and is scrambling to see the best way to use it. Their Tevatron collider (FY 2008 budget $158 million plus $62 million to su...
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Cutting costs can hurt local businessesMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - This year Des Plaines will be spending their usual $16,000 for fireworks but is re not paying for any entertainment. Itasca also prefers to cut back on the entertainment...
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In Hawthorn Woods: Morgan, Dobbs-Corrigan and AnsaniMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - In Hawthorn Woods: Morgan, Dobbs-Corrigan and Ansani Four trustee candidates are seeking election to three board seats in Hawthorn Woods. Incumbent Neil Morgan has serve...
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Bond puts money where mouth isMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - I attended a town-hall meeting for the improvement of Route 83 through the village of Antioch. The presentation was very nice and the IDOT engineers answered the questio...
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America can giveth and taketh awayMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - A 1,100-page document not even read by any of its supporters in the U.S. House and Senate, but touted as immediately necessary as a "stimulus package" for America, becam...
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Nunamaker can take Fox River Grove forwardMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Fox River Grove voters can't go wrong with any of three strong candidates running for village president in the April 7 consolidated election. Retired businessman Robert...
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Libertyville: Harger for mayor; Peron, Lukens, Moras for boardMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - For the first time in recent memory, incumbent members of the Libertyville village board face a challenge in a local election. Mayor Jeffrey Harger is opposed by attorne...
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The other story on Lake Zurich meetingMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to Ms. Thode's 3/4/09 letter regarding the Lake Zurich village board meeting, I have one question. Were you in the audience that night? I was, and I was appa...
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Attitude reflects the biggest changeMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - During 1961 our country was asked the following: "Ask not, what your country can do for you but, what you can do for our country!" Forward to 2009, now it's: "Ask not, ...
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Why are government pensions sacred?Mar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Raising taxes and cutting spending, programs or even people to close budget gaps ... are common and logical if regrettable responses to public sector budget shortfalls, ...