Lake County Opinion
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Be kind to your election judgesNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - I have worked as an election judge for over 30 years. At the election this week it became apparent the young people are in need of a civic lesson. Election judges are no...
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What's really in and out under ObamaNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - In reference to Jamie Sotonoff's "In and Out" article now that Barack Obama has been elected (Nov. 6), I would like to submit my own. Though I am sure that some of Soto...
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Adolescent America elects Santa ClausNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Over the last several years, we have watched America turn into a nation of adolescents. Buying houses bigger than we could afford, taking out second mortgages on make-be...
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Stolman thanks voters for supportNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Thank you to the voters of Lake County's 20th District for re-electing me to serve the communities of Buffalo Grove, Long Grove and Prairie View as your Lake County Comm...
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Only one to keep Democrats in checkNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, a longtime Speaker of the House in the U.S. Congress, once declared, "All politics is local." He was explaining how the problems and concerns of to...
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Hope Obama leaves Cook politics homeNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - By Any Means Necessary, the creed of Cook County, was in evidence yesterday (Nov. 4). How many Cook County voters, living and dead, voted more than once? The news medi...
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Thanks to veterans past, present, futureNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Tuesday, Nov. 11 is a very special day for many Americans. It is the day that has been designated Veterans Day by the Congress of the United States to honor those who se...
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Smart voters know enough, not everythingNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - I agree with John Stossel's argument that "voting works best when people educate themselves." However, I challenge his premise that, "... uninformed people stay home on ...
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All students should take the same testNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - I am a teacher in a largely Hispanic school district. I do not like the No Child Left Behind legislation. It is unfair and vastly unrealistic. I am, however, a believe...
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Police should be more forthcomingNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Sunday's lead headline was the inevitable result of the coalescence of five horrific events: "Tragedy and loss." Four teenagers die in a car crash in Burlington Township...