Lake County Opinion
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No shame in responsible budgetingAug 18, 2013 6:00 am - Recently an article was published stating that Hainesville has more money in reserve than needed. Many municipalities did not appear on the radar with “surplus funds” d...
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A success story for housing for disabledAug 18, 2013 5:00 am - The Aug. 8 Daily Herald editorial highlighted a number of Northwest suburbs that rejected supportive living housing projects for the mentally disabled. As the editorial ...
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The SoapboxAug 17, 2013 5:00 am - Here they come: With the return of today’s International Festival of Racing, once again Arlington International Racecourse gets a chance to show the world what a first-c...
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Appointment politics were shamefulAug 17, 2013 5:00 am - Wauconda residents got to witness an incredibly selfish and arrogant display of childishness this week, courtesy of Mayor Frank Bart. Bart scheduled a “special village ...
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Study Bible with open mindAug 16, 2013 5:00 am - I wanted to respond to Marion Blais’s Aug. 3 letter “Study required to appreciate Bible.” I couldn’t agree more. But which Bible should be studied? Should we be studyi...
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Medicare trend is ominousAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - Wall Street Journal estimates near 10,000 physicians in the country currently refuse to accept Medicare patients in their practice. I wonder who will take care of their...
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Editorial sought to challenge a tired phraseAug 15, 2013 5:00 am - I got my first personal introduction to what has come to be known as NIMBY syndrome in Clinton, Iowa, back in the 1970s. As a cub reporter, I attended meeting after emot...
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VA backlog too big to help veteransAug 15, 2013 5:00 am - Here are my views about the Veterans Affairs branch in Chicago. They have just a few hundred personnel that are supposed to complete three cases a day — with a backlog o...
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Give D15 parents a better seat at tableAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - Emotions have been running high among parents in Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 for the past year, as the controversy over whether to impose a late s...
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Numbers show fire plan is irresponsibleAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - In 1992, (Barrington) Village President Ted Forsberg convinced his board that starting a firefighter pension would cost “$4 million in four years.” He used this claim to...