Lake County Opinion
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Asking for a closer look at ECC benefitsJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Asking for a closer look at ECC benefits I read with interest the Daily Herald's recent article that Dr. Sam, the president of the college, was unanimously granted an in...
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Emotions obscure School Finance 101Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Two recent letters to the editor point to what seems to be a key factor limiting public dialog on school finances -- i.e., the emotional reactions of professional educat...
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Let's ban plastic shopping bagsJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Just recently, the nation of China banned free plastic shopping bags and called for a return to the cloth bags of old -- this action largely welcomed by merchants and sh...
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Fox Valley soap boxJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Minimal thrill We're guessing Carpentersville residents and their neighbors weren't all that impressed when the Main Street bridge renovations that turned travel into a ...
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Girl's donations were truly a giftJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Too often we read all about the misdeeds of our youth and seldom about the majority of kids in our country that are so extraordinary. I am writing in particular about a ...
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Thoughts about Graham, eulogyJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - I am a 50-year resident of Libertyville, living many years in what is now Green Oaks. I was a single parent many years ago when Mike Graham was county supervisor and he ...
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Lake Co. soap boxJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Don't compound the mistake: Quick thinking by officials from Ela Township and the Lake County Clerk's office saved a valid referendum question from being left off the F...
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Morris has the heart for CongressJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - I received a phone call recently indicating that this year's elections should expect to cost more than $300 million per party. The politicians talk bad about "big busine...
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The soaring cost of private health careJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - According to BusinessWeek Magazine, hospitals around the country are beginning a campaign of using banks and credit card companies to extract payments from patients with...
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Who edits your newspaper?Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Does the Daily Herald employ professionals to write and edit their articles or fourth-graders? I think fourth-graders may do a better job. Your paper is filled with mor...