Lake County Opinion
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Lack of action will hurt WaucondaJul 14, 2013 5:00 am - Wauconda’s newly elected Mayor, Frank Bart, ran in part on a pledge to be more transparent. He has failed to live up to that pledge. At the most recent village board mee...
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Speed limit increase would bring more deathsJul 13, 2013 5:00 am - In reference to the current proposed speed limit increase, I have to wonder what actual benefits will be revealed. We were led to believe in the 1970s that lowering the ...
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Peeling back the liberal onionJul 13, 2013 4:40 am - Peeling back the liberal onion Most condemning of the IRS documents detailing the intrusive, politically-motivated probing of Tea Party groups calls for focused scr...
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Those here illegally shouldn’t be hiredJul 12, 2013 4:57 pm - We don’t have a broken immigration system. We just don’t enforce our laws. Why? What is so complicated, and who are the enablers? Why are benefits afforded to illegals? ...
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Editorial: Walker's death a clarion call for safetyJul 11, 2013 6:00 am - A summer stroll in a suburban park alongside a picturesque lake is not supposed to end the way it did for 74-year-old Barbara Pagano of Arlington Heights. But her life e...
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Some thoughts about spying on emailsJul 10, 2013 5:00 am - Regarding the NSA spying allegations riling our European allies, isn’t that like the pot calling the kettle black? Also on the subject of spying on our emails and phone ...
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What's Quinn's motive in new voting law?Jul 10, 2013 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn signs new legislation allowing some 17-year-olds to vote in Illinois primaries. Could it be his real motive is in building a teenage voter base who will b...
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Smokers help reduce taxes for everyone elseJul 09, 2013 5:00 am - In response to Bruce Handler’s “Smoke and drive, but keep windows up” on June 22, I find it hard to believe that smoke from two cars ahead of you was coming in your wind...
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Nominees for NLRB need Kirk’s voteJul 09, 2013 5:00 am - Most Americans are tired of the senseless gridlock and obstructionism in Washington, D.C. It seems like there is no end. Fortunately, gridlock can be overcome if common ...
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Eating contests waste needed foodJul 08, 2013 5:00 am - You recently ran a Back Page story titled “He ate 69 hot dogs.” While I know it is popular for summer festivals to hold eating contests, I find it gluttonous and unconsc...