Lake County Opinion
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House speaker has no answersJun 13, 2013 1:01 pm - Asking or waiting for Mike Madigan to fix the pension fund problem in Illinois is like asking Mayor Richard Daily to help fix Chicago’s parking meter problem. Did anyon...
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Fire service is about safety, not politicsJun 12, 2013 5:00 am - I read with dismay the recent guest column by Pat Devaney, the president of the statewide firefighters association, about the lack of openness in Barrington fire distric...
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Ashamed to be from IllinoisJun 12, 2013 5:00 am - Things are pretty bad when you are in Europe and when people there find out that you are from Illinois, they laugh at you because your governors are in prison making lic...
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Money was behind ‘house of horrors’Jun 11, 2013 5:00 am - Editor’s note: This letter was updated on June 11 with correct spelling of Douglas Karpen. There is much in the news regarding abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s “house of hor...
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Support for letters on grid, gunsJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - Kudos to Chris Curtis, CEO of Schneider Electric, and John Estey, executive chairman of S7C Electric, for their brief but, I believe, effective article on the Smart Grid...
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What’s taking so long for Rt. 53 extension?Jun 10, 2013 5:00 am - My wife and I in June completed a 1,700-mile round trip to southern Georgia paying from $3.15 to $3.25 a gallon for gasoline, except in Indiana where higher prices still...
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Government should come cleanJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - Day by day, the eruption of scandals locally and in Washington is getting worse. Today’s news topics include freedom of the press and search and seizure, historical revi...
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Barrington choir rocked CarnegieJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - This is an open letter to Director Nancie Tobison, Assistant Director Bonnie Spurling and the Barrington High School Choir members. This is a belated note before school ...
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Board put business ahead of residentsJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - On June 3, the Village of Wheeling board voted to approve a special use for a video gaming café to be located in a neighborhood shopping center. This decision was reache...
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Pay attention when making a right turnJun 10, 2013 5:00 am - To all the drivers who make right turns at the intersection of Buffalo Grove Road and Half Day Road, let me reiterate the Illinois Rules of the Road: “A driver must yiel...