Lake County Opinion
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Condell committed to providing qualityNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - This is a difficult time for patients, associates and affiliated independent physicians of Condell Medical Center. We are deeply disappointed and concerned about our uns...
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Administrators' pay is simply too highNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - I commend the Daily Herald in its study and reporting on our area's school system compensation. The study included 34 schools and a real telling story. For example, I li...
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Soapbox: Round-the-clock heroesNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Whatever it is that firefighters are paid, it probably isn't enough. How do you put a value on what these folks do, even when they're off duty? When an early morning hou...
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Soapbox: Big Pay, No Work IINov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - It's bad enough a spineless Elgin Area School District U-46 school board obligated Elgin taxpayers to bankroll Connie Neale's lavish retirement in Missouri. But this wee...
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Soapbox: We need to listenNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Here's a salute to the League of Women's Voters/Palatine Area for its Veterans Day luncheon last week in Schaumburg. It was there that the League honored women in the mi...
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Thanks to all for food drive helpNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - A big thank you to all the volunteers and all the citizens of Wauconda and Island Lake who so generously donated to our Make-A-Difference-Day food drive. Also, thanks to...
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Adoption stories tell only part of the taleNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I was disturbed to read a recent article, "Suburban families fear moratorium on foreign adoptions." What disturbs me is not that these families have been unable to adopt...
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Help MainStreet keep its work aliveNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Life Without MainStreet Libertyville-sponsored events? For this Libertyville "lifer" and her family, it would be unimaginable. I was recently chatting with a friend, wh...
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No teacher works only 36.5 hoursNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Although I am no longer working as a certified teacher, I was rather appalled at your accounting for the hours per day that a teacher spends working. In the Northwest su...
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McHenry County leaf burning must goNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Driving home to unincorporated McHenry County from my job in Libertyville one evening, the smoke from leaf burning was so thick visibility was greatly reduced. As a run...