Lake County Opinion
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Editorial: Hopes for a new life for Lakewood buildingsMay 03, 2016 11:00 pm - The Lake County Forest Preserve is packing up and soon will be vacating the historic farm site in Lakewood Forest Preserve. The renowned Curt Teich Postcard Archive wil...
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Tyranny of state discourages businessMay 03, 2016 1:00 am - Do you remember my warnings in November of 20l3? On the basis of the experience in Massachusetts, in 2013 I warned that the redefinition of marriage in Illinois would r...
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Don't blame Durbin for government gridlockMay 03, 2016 1:00 am - Letter-writer John Stoesser is right in that there is certainly no shortage of gridlock and partisanship in Congress. After all, one party is refusing to do its job and ...
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County has duty to protect farm siteMay 01, 2016 1:00 am - The Discovery Museum assumed responsibility for the Lake County Historical Society archives in 1954 and guarded our past ever since. Around 1967 Lakewood Farms was given...
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Village ignored petition on tax offsetApr 30, 2016 1:00 am - The Daily Herald was right! The voters didn't listen to your editorial advice and the referendum to annex the village into the Fox Lake Fire Protection District was pass...
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Questionable Cook fuel tax hike needs studyApr 30, 2016 1:00 am - A 66 percent tax increase to Cook County's special use gasoline and fuel tax has been proposed by Commissioner Richard Boykin. This proposed tax increase has been earma...
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The gender wage gap is phony politicsApr 29, 2016 1:00 am - Did everybody flunk high school history? Anybody that has run a business knows that in 1964, it became illegal to discriminate on pay by race or sex under the Civil Righ...
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Law simply aims for equality for ChristiansApr 28, 2016 1:00 am - I recently read where a contributor to the Opinion section was opposed to the passing of the Religious Restoration Freedom Act in several states. The contributor was con...
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Editorial: Students benefit from creative exercise programsApr 25, 2016 11:00 pm - A social media post out of Naperville raised a question that many parents of elementary school-age children are thinking. "Is it just me or did we get more recess time g...
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It's Hastert who owes the publicApr 24, 2016 1:00 am - Why should Dennis Hastert receive sentencing consideration for his public service? He went into politics as a schoolteacher and came out as a career lobbyist, exploiting...