Lake County Opinion
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Endorsement: Daluga, Lohmeyer, Windon for Barrington village boardFeb 11, 2015 12:00 am - The six candidates for three Barrington village board seats fall firmly into two camps. On the one side, you have incumbents Jim Daluga and Robert Windon and newcomer J...
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Endorsement: Selman, Meroni and Maison for Barrington Hills village boardFeb 11, 2015 12:00 am - Many towns would love to have the problems Barrington Hills has: Protecting a bucolic suburb with more than 6,000 acres of forest preserves, very little violent crime an...
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Editorial: Rescue squad bypasses the high road in ambulance donationFeb 09, 2015 10:00 pm - Taxpayers have made it clear they want and expect cooperation between local governments to save them money, but it appears the troubled Antioch Rescue Squad wasn't liste...
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Rating way off for great 'Sniper'Feb 08, 2015 10:00 pm - Imagine my surprise to see "American Sniper" listed as merely a passable film on your review page. Who rates these movies? Because they surely don't reflect the popular ...
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All-day kindergarten not taxpayers' dutyFeb 08, 2015 12:00 am - A petition signed by 200 parents, I'm assuming with kindergarten age or soon to be of that age children, has been submitted to the school board of District 46 to impleme...
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Rauner tested on minimum wageFeb 08, 2015 12:00 am - It must really have broken his heart and tested every fiber of Gov. Bruce Rauner's Republican soul to come out with an increase of 25 cents per hour, to boost minimum pa...
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Don't subsidize those who can't afford childrenFeb 07, 2015 12:00 am - The front-page story "Low-income children who must stay home" correctly highlights the negative ripple effect of the state funding cuts on daycare center and small busin...
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Rail line causes enless headachesFeb 06, 2015 12:00 am - In response to the Jan. 15 article "CN Railroad no 'problem child, CEO insists", I have to say that Canadian National Railroad is not only the child of a problem, it's t...
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Suburbs not immune to sex traffickingFeb 05, 2015 12:00 am - If you think human trafficking is a problem only in Third World countries and not here in the U.S., think again. The average age for girls to enter the commercial sex tr...
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Endorsements: Davies, Jarvis and Waldenstrom for Grayslake village boardFeb 04, 2015 12:00 am - It's hard to argue with the facts, and by most accepted measures, the village of Grayslake is a well-run government. The village has been without debt since 2009 and the...