Lake County Opinion
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Various disorders too much to takeDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Clerks in stores have been saying, "Have a happy holiday" to me and I'm highly offended. "Holiday" is a derivative of the words "Holy Day" and thoughts of anything holy ...
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Global warming isn't hype, it's realDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - While an article on Dec. 12 tells us that the volume of Arctic Sea ice is only half of what it was just four years ago, a letter to the editor on Dec. 13 tells us we sho...
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Lake Co. soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Welcome Jody Ware, an educator from northwest Illinois, was named Mundelein High School's new superintendent this week. She'll start in July 2008, at a time when adminis...
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Fire district's tax request questionedDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - The Long Grove Fire Protection District wants to increase our real estate taxes 13.89 percent. They state that for 2006, the real estate taxes were $3,248,683 and now th...
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Cook Co. soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Bartlett voters, start your engines … If Bartlett voters in the 14th Congressional District don't think it's weird enough that they'll be voting twice for the same offic...
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MainStreet needs everyone's supportDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Most of you are aware of the financial problem our MainStreet Libertyville organization is having. I have lived in Libertyville all my life and have been involved with t...
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Don't forget about people with asthmaDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - In response to "Dogs that are a help, not a hindrance," (Dec. 6 editorial) I applaud your article. These well-trained dogs must definitely be separated from being categ...
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Rollins is no place for snowmobilersDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - I agree with Beau Schaefer's comment that motorized vehicles would be disturbing to the short-eared owl at Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve (Dec. 8 article). And, as a L...
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Take the sales tax money and runDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The member of the school board who objects to funding from sales tax talks like a person with a brain the size of a BB rolling around inside of a boxcar. Didn't you ever...
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Life sentences seldom mean lifeDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - In a recent letter opposing the death penalty, the writer makes an interesting claim about jury instructions. He writes: "In capital trials where only one individual is ...