Lake County Opinion
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Searching for right action on SyriaSep 25, 2013 5:00 am - In a Sept. 9 letter, Mr. Rossi mentions that under G.W. Bush the U.S. had a 50-country “coalition” before invading Iraq. It actually was 34, with military powerhouses li...
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Editorial: Lake County’s model idea for leadership standardsSep 24, 2013 5:00 am - Two questions come to mind in the wake of the Lake County Board’s recent decision to require appointees to scores of boards and commissions to sign a “standard of conduc...
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Business climate costs Lake County jobsSep 23, 2013 5:00 am - Your front page article “Kenall Manufacturing plant leaving Gurnee for Kenosha” points out that this is the second Lake County employer that has left Illinois for Wiscon...
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Think of taxpayers, raze BrainerdSep 22, 2013 5:00 am - Subject: Brainerd Building in Libertyville We already have one “white elephant” — The Libertyville Sports Complex — costing taxpayers thousands of dollars for several ye...
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The SoapboxSep 21, 2013 5:00 am - Boom, there it is! A hearty congratulations to the Schaumburg Boomers, who this week won the Frontier Cup (the Frontier League’s championship trophy) in just their secon...
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Thoughtful couple returned lost dogSep 21, 2013 5:00 am - I live in Lake Zurich, and about 9 p.m. on a recent night, my beagle broke off her leash in the back yard and wandered into the wetlands behind my property. When she get...
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Editorial: Collaboration key in school schedule changesSep 20, 2013 10:11 am - When a district talks about adjusting school start times and schedules, there’s sure to be hearty debate from all sides of the community. Case in point: An argument has ...
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Walsh should get involved with whole communitySep 20, 2013 5:00 am - I recently read your front-page article, “Walsh’s view of black America.” Mr. Walsh suggested to a group of black conservatives they need to inform their community of pe...
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Misleading health care info is outrageSep 18, 2013 5:00 am - I recently received a newsletter from my congressman, Peter Roskam. Mr. Roskam claims to be “Preventing Fraud, Protecting You.” His newsletter states that the governmen...
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Sports columnist fairly reported on marriage issueSep 18, 2013 5:00 am - I was pleasantly surprised at Patricia Babcock’s Aug. 30 report on the furor around woman’s professional basketball player Sophia Young. Young stated that she felt sacra...