Lake County Opinion
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Dear GOP: Band together to bear HillaryMay 18, 2015 6:14 am - Message to 2016 Republican hopefuls: put your egos away … get together … sit around a big roundtable and discuss truthfully who in reality has the best chance of defeati...
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Letter: Gambling about political donationsMay 18, 2015 6:14 am - When will people come to the realization that cannibalization of existing casinos means little, if anything to the Democrats of Springfield and Chicago, when it comes to...
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Letter: Shouldn't Rauner cut government first?May 18, 2015 6:14 am - I am getting enjoyment reading your articles about Governor Rauner's plans and comments from governmental agencies, charitable organizations, etal. opposing them. Raune...
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Letter: Help Rauner fix pension messMay 18, 2015 6:14 am - Everyone knows the financial mess we're in and the large waste of money that pensions create. Should we reward our workers for what they do? Yes. But having extremely o...
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Letter: Thank you, IDOT, for meetingMay 16, 2015 6:13 am - The Illinois Department of Transportation, led by Secretary Randy Blankenhorn, deserves credit for organizing an ambitious listening tour hitting dozens of cities around...
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Letter: Why stop at gambling?May 16, 2015 6:13 am - I agree with our new leader, Gov. Rauner and the current and archaic Democratic leadership when it comes to keeping an open mind toward gambling in Chitown. I heard on t...
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Letter: Police should own up to abuseMay 15, 2015 6:22 am - I believe that the unrest caused by several incidents involving police is due to a widespread perception that certain police officers have abused their police powers. I...
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Editorial: New rail safety regs aren't strong enough to stop a suburban disasterMay 15, 2015 5:00 am - As we said in this space on Tuesday, we're uncomfortable with the risks we're all being forced to take as railroads carry more and more oil from North Dakota and Canada ...
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Letter: Hunting is pro-wildlife, tooMay 13, 2015 5:45 am - A recent 'Guest view' opposes bobcat hunting legislation, yet correctly states that "Illinois wildlife belongs to everybody, and should be managed in a way that maximize...
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Editorial: Denying professional drone use defies logicMay 13, 2015 5:00 am - You see what they see at the scenes of fires, amid the devastation of tornadoes and other natural disasters. You hear them buzzing overhead at weddings. Drone aircraft -...