Lake County Opinion
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Support the TIF in Long GroveJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - As a Long Grove resident for 35 years, I thought it was time to say the following: I am for the proposed tax increment financing district. I applaud the hard work, think...
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Forget the rhetoric and just voteJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - As the primaries continue and we see changes in strategy, I wonder what exactly is really going on in the minds of these potential candidates. I for one, after two of th...
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Solving traffic woes is a balancing actJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Reading Georgia Garvey's article on the District 16 candidates' solution to unsnarling traffic (on Jan. 10), Terry Wilke's point about referendums to raise money for roa...
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The case to elect Seals to CongressJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - I live in the 10th Congressional District. We will have a highly contested election for congressman. The Iraq War was based on faulty data that alienated our allies and ...
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Cuba Road plan will increase trafficJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - I find the recent proposal by a local public official, to close Cuba Road to east-bound traffic at Rand Road, to border on the unbelievable. This proposal is certain to ...
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The real roadblock isn't on Cuba RoadJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - We urge Lake Zurich and Kildeer to pause in their consideration of a proposed shopping center. We all know what can happen when money talks, and people don't. That's why...
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Lots of missing facts in editorialJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - To the editor: I am writing in response to your editorial "Quit wailing, start seeing rail partnerships." You omit many pertinent facts associated with the pending acqui...
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Now Chicago's richest geezers can ride the bus for freeJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - "My expectation is that the legislature will approve the governor's proposal for free transit rides for millionaires who happen to be over 65." So said Illinois House Sp...
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Fix flaws in videotaping confessionsJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois' law requiring the videotaping of all homicide confessions is still young, but it is quickly showing that police departments have much to learn about recording ...
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Jay Footlik a 'can-do' candidateJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - While I've never voted for Mark Kirk, I don't think he represents this district well on a lot of issues, especially foreign affairs. After hearing Jay Footlik speak at a...