Lake County Opinion
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Signage overkill at Lake ArlingtonAug 13, 2013 6:00 pm - In response to the recent and most regrettable tragedy at Lake Arlington, the park district’s new policy to have riders and walkers travel in opposite direction is a sim...
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Editorial: District adds enthusiasm to ‘back-to-school’ planAug 13, 2013 8:10 am - Every school district wants to get off to a strong, positive start to the new academic year. It’s important — no, it’s critical — that teachers, administrators, parents ...
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Follow-up needed on latest scandalsAug 13, 2013 5:00 am - President Obama has found a new slogan — phony scandals — to distract Americans from the real scandals in his administration. The IRS’s Lois Lerner has already acknowled...
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Editorial misstated position on disabledAug 13, 2013 5:00 am - I am most disturbed that the Daily Herald would inaccurately state in an editorial that I wrote Arlington Heights in May 2010 to oppose a proposed site for housing for t...
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Immigration reform can improve nationAug 12, 2013 5:00 am - Immigration reform is a jobs issue as well as a social issue. We often say our nation is a nation of immigrants, but our legal system is restricting them of contributing...
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Editorial: Colin Powell’s message of perpetual optimismAug 11, 2013 5:00 am - Ask friends to list the attributes of a leader, and they’ll offer up a variety of characteristics: A leader has vision, magnetism, creativity, communication skills, cour...
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Editorial wrong, unfair to villageAug 11, 2013 5:00 am - I object to the Daily Herald’s reference to Buffalo Grove in the editorial on Aug. 8 regarding housing for the disabled. Whether intended or not, the editorial cast our ...
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The SoapboxAug 10, 2013 12:27 pm - Keeping perspective: In an editorial referencing a Buffalo Grove letter about a proposed supportive housing project in Arlington Heights, we failed to note that, that pr...
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Park district’s done job; now it’s up to usAug 09, 2013 6:00 pm - Following the recent tragic death on the path around Lake Arlington, Arlington Heights came up with a plan to prevent such occurrences in the future. Today, as I biked t...
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People step forward to help man who fellAug 09, 2013 6:00 pm - On Saturday, Aug. 3, my husband fell off a ladder onto the concrete driveway. I wish to thank the wonderful woman who saw him on the ground, stopped her car, and came to...