Lake County Opinion
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Criticism of 50th plans unwarrantedMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to Mr. Gollay's letter of March 3, 2008 regarding Buffalo Grove's 50th Anniversary events. Buffalo Grove does not need a 50th Anniversary celebra...
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Obama should find another churchMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - On the news now we are hearing portions of horrendously racist speeches made by Obama's minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, before his retirement from Trinity United Church ...
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Time for a change in getting the newsMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - In response to Jim Slusher's editorial on March 13, I can appreciate the dilemma your paper faces. I have been a reader of the Daily Herald for 40-plus years and in the ...
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BG needs to revisit its emergency planMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Since Sept. 11, 2001, the term "emergency preparedness" has become a household word for every American. Today, nearly three days after village officials in Buffalo Grove...
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Lowering voting age is a good ideaMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Unfortunately for me, my 18th birthday is five days after the presidential election in November. I very much want to have a say in who becomes our next president. For th...
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Remember Easter as sacred holidayMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Easter is the resurrection of Christ our Savior and a very important time for Christians all over the world. It is not a secular holiday as many people want to believe...
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Diamond Lake program is workingMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Kudos to Valerie Goranson. People need to be aware of the many important issues raised by Ms. Goranson (March 13). Why would the state pull funding from a program that...
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'OK Corral' and guns are not OKMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Of all the reasons given by those who advocate a wider dispersion of guns in our society (given that is possible), the self-defense argument is one of the phoniest. In t...
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Changes needed for public pensionsMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - As somebody who works in the retirement plan industry, I read with interest John Patterson's March 7 article "Mayors seek an end to pension sweeteners." In the private s...
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Saturday Soapbox: Those ringing phonesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A bill has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly that would ban those annoying "robo-calls" from politicians seeking your vote. You have to like this bill, t...