Lake County Opinion
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No good cause for hunting bobcatsJun 13, 2015 1:00 am - Bobcats had disappeared from Illinois for a reason: they were trapped and hunted to near extinction in Illinois for their gorgeous pelts. Unlike most other species hun...
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Property tax freeze not the state's businessJun 12, 2015 1:00 am - The Illinois legislature is considering placing a freeze on property taxes as one of Gov. Rauner's top priorities. That sounds good in practice, but have you considered ...
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Signs in the news of nation in declineJun 11, 2015 1:00 am - Having just returned from more than six months away from Illinois and very little time for following the news, I opened Thursday's Daily Herald to learn that the Honorab...
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Graduates had all the classJun 11, 2015 1:00 am - Graduation 2015 showcased some of the most intelligent, advanced and freethinking students of our time. District 128 at Vernon Hills High School on June 4 was no excepti...
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Clinton speech proves letter writer rightJun 11, 2015 1:00 am - As the keynote speaker at the 2015 Women in the World Conference, Hillary Clinton in essence said, "Ha! George Kocan has been right all along! We Democrats hate the Amer...
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Editorial: The Cook County sheriff's deputies' Super Bowl abuse of sick timeJun 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Few of us begrudge the extra costs - even the sometimes substantial extra costs - that accompany a professional sports championship. The planning. The ticker tape parade...
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Editorial: PADS, housing authority failed to trust public about homeless projectJun 08, 2015 11:00 pm - It would be easy to dismiss the squabble over a plan to move a residential program for chronically homeless people with mental illness into an Ela Township neighborhood ...
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Get respect from police by respecting the lawJun 06, 2015 1:00 am - President Obama's "Task Force on 21st Century Policing" released the following in response to rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere. They recommend "to stop prov...
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Saturday Soapbox: The road less traveled is marked by orange barrelsJun 06, 2015 1:00 am - The NFL, Hawks and LeBron: Remember when people used to talk about baseball all year round? Our sea of roadwork: We haven't done the math, but it seems like th...
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Stick to fundamentals for IDOT prioritiesJun 06, 2015 1:00 am - To draw attention to transportation issues, the Illinois Dept. of Transportation recently asked the public what its priorities should be. However, the priorities already...