Lake County Opinion
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Limit letters to opinions pleaseJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - For some time I have noticed that not only are letters getting longer, pushing to the edges of the 500-word limit (maybe beyond that), but also, in many instances, bein...
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Support Grant High School's planJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Student enrollment is rapidly growing at Grant High School and the facility has reached capacity. The good news for taxpayers is that through effective long-range planni...
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State should ban leaf burningJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - I must agree with Edward Neuman of Hawthorn Woods, who wrote about leaf burning "compromises." Mr. Neuman is right -- a compromise is a joke. Lake Villa has a ban on l...
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Graham's legacy lives on in countyJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - My whole family and I are sad to hear the news of F. T. "Mike" Graham's passing. His legacy lives on in Lake County as one who worked for and saved open space for us to...
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Abortions at times can be a necessityJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - I for one believe in pro-choice. All the trouble-makers who have their sickening marches just make me want to throw up. Years ago when I lived in Norridge, there was a s...
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Township says thanks for the helpJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Vernon Township would like to thank all those that participated in our annual holiday Sponsor-A-Family program. Because of the community's generosity, the township was a...
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Inconvenient truth is Gore energy useJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - This is in response to (the letter charging) Republicans (are) jealous of Al Gore winning the Nobel peace prize. I don't think the Republicans are jealous. I think, like...
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Another take on torture of all typesJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Mona Charen's column on Dec. 24 entitled "Democrats should be condemning al-Qaida torture" offends all sensibilities. In short, Charen believes that since groups like al...
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Some thoughts about Solanki caseJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - I'll make this short and sweet. After reading the article in the Dec. 29 edition of the Herald about the woman afflicted with ALS and listening to the news about Anu Sol...
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Letters haven't addressed war costsJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - I have not seen letters to the editor lately reflecting the cost of war to our nation and the people of Iraq. Are our vessels so empty that we cannot muster the strengt...