Lake County Opinion
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Many workers go above and beyondNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - In response to Gretchen Holly bemoaning the "shock value" of the story ("Story on teacher pay was inaccurate," Fence Post, Nov. 4), most people realize that there are a ...
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On life and death matters, we must resist dealing in speculationNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Speculation is about the only stock in trade for some mysteries. But that doesn't excuse openly dealing in the commodity An Austin, Texas-based PR agent offered us an in...
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Isn't it about time to speak English?Nov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Regarding the front-page story of the hazardous living conditions and health worries of the people in the old Kerr-McGee neighborhood. (Daily Herald Nov. 5). The danger...
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Level playing field for fair competitionNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - I agree with syndicated columnist John Stossel that competition would bring innovation, and, possibly better results to elementary and secondary education (Daily Herald ...
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Blue Cross has created this messNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - The current dispute between Blue Cross and Condell has become Lake County's own version of "SiCKO." The residents of Lake County deserve access to high quality health ca...
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How Samuel Insull changed everythingNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - In your Nov. 4 feature on the paucity of national landmarks in the suburbs, I commend you for mentioning the Cuneo Museum and Estate. As the former home of the great uti...
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District 76 getting its money's worthNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Doing more with less: Per the 2007 school report cards published in your newspaper recently, Diamond Lake School District 76 was above state averages in all academics re...
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Assure humane transport of horsesNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - You don't necessarily have to love horses to be appalled by descriptions of the suffering and chaos that greeted rescuers when they arrived at the scene of an Oct. 27 tr...
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Parents must fulfill their parental rolesNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Regarding the story last week about Illinois "dropout factories": While passages about culture and poverty and "one-size-fits-all" educational approaches all described ...
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Illinois cannot defy federal lawNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - I spent a week recently in New York, and during that time one of the hottest topics in the news was their governor, Eliott Spitzer, wanting to enact legislation that wou...