Lake County Opinion
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Public employee pay freeze neededMar 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Negotiators for teachers and the school board in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 reached a tentative agreement Friday on a one-year contract that would give teachers 2-...
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Tolomei himself main beneficiaryMar 14, 2009 11:00 pm - According to the Village Pride's Web site, Mayor Tolomei states the following: "The answer is the long list of village accomplishments and improvements under the leaders...
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Numbers add up to voting for changeMar 14, 2009 11:00 pm - According to court documents filed by the Village of Lake Zurich, the following took place: In June of 2006 former village administrator John Dixon signed a mortgage for...
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Let Tolomei carry out downtown planMar 13, 2009 11:00 pm - I am coming to the end of a 12-year privilege of serving as a trustee for the village of Lake Zurich. As I get to the end of my term, I'd like to make some observations ...
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Voice your objection to Sunrise changesMar 13, 2009 11:00 pm - In case you are not aware, the village of Libertyville and the Libertyville Parks Department have progressed in their plans to make MAJOR changes to Sunrise Rotary Park ...
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Rod behind bars when book out?Mar 13, 2009 11:00 pm - So our disgraced ex-Governor, Rod Blagojevich, wants to author a book about the inner workings of politics and politicians. Certainly a subject he knows well. He better ...
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Saturday SoapboxMar 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Time for a talk A 2008 Lake County Health Department survey of 20,000 middle school and high school students shows fewer used alcohol, marijuana, inhalants and cigarette...
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Public should know about nuclear powerMar 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Turbines vs. nuclear? I am posing this question to readers of the Daily Herald because most people are ill-informed about both sources of energy. The use of wind as an a...
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Stick with success in Vernon TownshipMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - In a recent letter to Fence Post, John Billis complains that the Vernon Township Assessor Gary Raupp and the Vernon Township Supervisor Bill Peterson are not doing their...
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Students shouldn't be political pawnsMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Area schools run elections and mock elections with some regularity. When they do, all candidates, or those portraying them, typically get a chance to campaign, to presen...