Lake County Opinion
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Alternatives are better than Rt. 53 extensionAug 31, 2015 1:00 am - Leave it to Illinois politicians to want to spend billions of your dollars to build a new tollway when simply taking care of our existing roads and widening them in a fe...
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Be aware of dangers from rail tankersAug 31, 2015 1:00 am - I thank you so much for your Wednesday, Aug. 26, Opinion column. I have been writing for years about the Canadian National Railway, which goes through many suburban town...
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Looking for Trump supporter? Look hereAug 31, 2015 1:00 am - In response to Bruce Handler's article on Aug. 24 labeled "Where are all the Trump supporters?" Bruce, you live in Skokie, the most liberal suburb in the Chicago area wh...
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Campaign too important for field of deadbeatsAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - I was relieved to read the Aug. 25 column by Catherine Rampell, "The 2016 field is full of deadbeats." It restored my confidence in the press that this presidential camp...
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New state law helps disabled vetsAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - Lake County disabled veterans owe a vote of thanks to Sen. Terry Link and Rep. Rita Mayfield for the sponsorship of Senate Bill 107, which expanded the Disabled Veterans...
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The high cost of not overriding vetoAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - state Rep. Jack Franks, a Marengo Democrat, in one sentence put into perspective why the Democrats under Speaker Madigan's "leadership" have caused Illinois to fall into...
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We need funding in heroin crisis lawAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - We have a heroin crisis in this state. Illinoisans are dying of heroin overdoses at twice the rate they were in 1999. Since 2012, in the Chicago suburbs alone, an averag...
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Stock market thought to live byAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - The gyrations in the stock market must be viewed in light of two undeniable truths I have learned after a long career in the trading and investment industry. If you mak...
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Failure to repair road signs an insultAug 27, 2015 1:00 am - "If a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in charge." May I be so bold as to suggest this applies to ro...
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Best model: Wisconsin or Minnesota?Aug 27, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Rauner is touring the state touting his "turnaround agenda" and saying that Gov. Scott Walker is his role model. Is this really what is best for Illinois? All you...