Lake County Opinion
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Saturday Soapbox Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. Some don't. This is Saturday Soapbox, briefly stated commentary from the Daily Herald's editors.Sep 27, 2014 1:01 am - Tweet this: Perhaps you missed our anniversary last week as we celebrated seven years in the Twitter world. Amazing how time flies 140 characters at a time. Twe...
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Mailer inaccurate on candidate's recordSep 25, 2014 1:01 am - I received a mailer for Carol Sente today that was paid for by the Democratic Party of Illinois and contained blatant lies about state representative candidate Leslie Mu...
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Experience proved ACA to be a shamSep 24, 2014 11:00 pm - Last fall at the height of Affordable Health Care's problematic rollout, you published my letter chastising the naysayers and touting the ease with which I had enrolled....
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Do what it takes to clean snails from lakeSep 22, 2014 1:01 am - The residents of Wildwood (Grayslake) find themselves pitted against the local park district board over the issue of saving Valley Lake for future generations. The lake...
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Freedom from religion an inconvenient truthSep 21, 2014 5:01 am - This is in response to John Schreiber's Sept. 18 letter chiding the claims that religion is more dangerous than secularism with regard to some isolated, historic death t...
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Put anthem's ideas into practiceSep 20, 2014 11:00 pm - Some 200 years ago, Americans were on the verge of being eliminated as a nation of free people. Cities burned, many fought and died, then Americans watched as another ci...
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Taxpayers should have say on school poolsSep 18, 2014 5:01 am - I am shocked! Shocked (in my best Casablanca accent) that the District 214 board elected to spend the $45 million in excessive taxes they voted to collect. If the board ...
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Editorial: Long Grove's bid to meet future needs, keep historical characterSep 18, 2014 1:01 am - Chicago without the Hancock. Arlington Heights without Arlington Park. Long Grove without the one-lane covered bridge. All three notions, on their own scale, are unfatho...
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Flat tax is the most fairSep 17, 2014 1:01 am - Regarding statements in a recent article about graduated income taxes.: To those favoring this, do you work for a living? Some argue our tax system favors the wealthy. ...
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Having a plan is the easy partSep 16, 2014 5:01 am - I've noticed some of the ads run by one of the candidates for governor mention that he has a plan to put the citizens of Illinois back to work, If such a plan exists, sh...