Lake County Opinion
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It's time for voters to step up against taxesMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - Lake County property tax bills were delivered recently. Property owners remain in shock. Illinois has risen to the first among our 50 states in its reliance on propert...
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Find new alternatives for Lake gridlockMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - It is apparent that the Route 53 extension north of Lake-Cook Road is all but dead. Therefore, Lake County must consider other options to alleviate the daily gridlock on...
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At least Trump offers hope for court nomineesMay 15, 2016 1:00 am - In response to a letter bashing Trump "saying and thinking": Harsh words. However, whatever you may think of Trump, he will officially soon become the only candidate wh...
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Trump at least offers hope of accountabilityMay 14, 2016 1:00 am - When I look at this election so far, the thing that disturbs me most is the bad human behavior and mudslinging from politicians, the press and so many others with what i...
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Traditional GOP should swallow pride and back TrumpMay 14, 2016 1:00 am - Paul Ryan has a lot of nerve. He and his GOP cronies in the Senate and Congress sat by silently while Obama trampled the Constitution with his illegal executive orders a...
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Generosity still shinesMay 14, 2016 1:00 am - What a wonderful trio of Wauconda firefighters on their donation to the food pantry! And how great it was the person that bought their groceries after the firefighters...
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Just how do we define prejudice?May 13, 2016 1:00 am - I disagree with the North Carolina "bathroom law" in one aspect. The restriction should be based on the genitalia one has - not what you born with. But I have another qu...
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Editorial: Voters have chance to drop an archaic school positionMay 11, 2016 11:00 pm - Every few years, Cook County residents are reminded that their county supports the last vestige of one of the most archaic layers of government in modern times. These ar...
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No problem, just tack on the added taxesMay 11, 2016 1:00 am - I marvel each time we receive our property tax statement in the mail at the total lack of regard any of our taxing bodies have for the people that pay these exorbitant a...
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Term limits protect against others' candidatesMay 10, 2016 1:00 am - In a recent letter to the editor, the writer disparages the notion of term limits as "telling me that I'm not smart enough to vote out poor elected officials ..." Term l...