Lake County Opinion
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Join budget confab at MCC tomorrowMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The General Assembly has just completed the first full month of its spring session and it is evident that Illinois faces serious financial challenges in the year ahead....
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Wonder Lake on county agenda todayMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - As it is officially unnecessary to notify the residents of the unincorporated area and village of Wonder Lake of the impending special service area for the dredging of t...
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GOP had a winner with Burns in raceMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - In my opinion, Bill Foster did not win the congressional seat in the 14th District. Rather, the Republican Party lost the seat because Dennis Hastert and the Republican ...
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Harrop seems to miss basic truthsMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Columnist Froma Harrop is so busy Bush-bashing that she totally ignores the facts. Here are a few that always seem to escape the discussion: The great pyramid scam, Soci...
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Prevention key to stopping murdersMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As we all know, we have recently witnessed mass murders at Virginia Tech, and now Northern Illinois University by mentally unstable individuals. It is apparent, as one ...
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Hawthorn Woods must curtail credit-card useMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Spending limits are overdue as the village faces hard times. In these uneasy economic times, you might find yourself wondering what would happen if your income sharply d...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...
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Peak oil issue is a very serious oneMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Reading the recent article that gave OPEC's explanation of why they aren't increasing their output (March 6), I was disappointed but not surprised that the concept of ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Sound-off timeMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Tired of awful roads and traffic? A governor who wants to add programs when the state can't pay its bills? Of education and social assistance programs being held hostage...
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An argument for the use of hempMar 14, 2008 11:00 pm - We grieve for the victims and for the family and friends of the victims of the NIU tragedy. At the same time, we fruitlessly debate the same stale matters with each new...