Lake County Opinion
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Education is one way out of povertyApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Your story on poverty in the suburbs left out some important factors. The law of supply and demand is one. It is a well-known fact that when there is an oversupply of w...
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Why beautification? Hire more police!Apr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Why beautification? Hire more police! To the editor: I have lived in Wheeling for 20 years now and throughout the years I had never heard of a drive-by shooting or an ar...
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BYB: Keep mistake in perspectiveApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - I was recently made aware of a decision by Barrington Youth Baseball to kick a boy off the team who was involved in the drug arrest at Station School last month. While m...
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RTA does well to keep pressure on for capital planApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - No one denies the need for a capital projects budget in Illinois. The lingering question has been whether state political leaders can stop squabbling long enough to find...
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Mark Kirk's staying in the public eyeApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - I've never really been "into" politics but I have to thank Congressman Mark Kirk for remaining in the public eye through a medium like the Internet. It lets me know as ...
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Saturday Soapbox: You did your best, Hersey parentsApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - So now it's time to watch what happens. As many parents, students and even former students objected, the District 214 school board on Thursday reduced the orchestra prog...
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Saturday Soapbox: U-46 doubling the defenseApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Some Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers will do double duty later today when they participate in a martial arts self-defense course at Eastview Middle School in Ba...
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State's actions have role in employmentApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - The April 16 story, "Poverty in the Suburbs," paints an accurate picture of people who are willing to work ("…better be at the temp agency when the doors open at 5"), bu...
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Saturday Soapbox: Round Lake has a reason to celebrateApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Round Lake has set a mark every village in Lake County should try to match. A recent police-controlled sting operation checking liquor establishments to see if they were...
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Rep. Kirk exercises independenceApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Our community has a history of thinking independently on the issues we face. We put an emphasis on individual issues and candidates over political parties. I support Con...