Lake County Opinion
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Is contract really in 220’s best interests?Jan 14, 2013 3:30 am - District 220’s decision to extend the superintendent’s contract is just one more example of the school board spending public money for the wrong reasons. While the schoo...
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Our money just keeps flowing outJan 14, 2013 3:30 am - Hello out there! Is anybody in Barrington awake? Is anyone paying attention to what is happening in our community? In case you just woke up: 1. The Barrington Area Libra...
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Meet the new boss, same as the old bossJan 13, 2013 4:00 am - The newly sworn-in members of the Illinois legislature (with the exception of those facing criminal charges) are the taxpayers’ next best hope for integrity in governmen...
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Abortion also is a tragedyJan 13, 2013 4:00 am - Are guns the real problem? In the ten minutes it took a mass murderer to leave his car, break into a school full of children and kill 20 of them, in those ten minutes, o...
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Asking for the impossible?Jan 13, 2013 4:00 am - All were shocked and horrified at the massacre of schoolchildren in Connecticut. There are things which can be done to mitigate future events of this sort. However, vili...
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Right to carry key to stopping violenceJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - Does anyone in America realize there is a war going on in Chicago? This year over 500 people have been killed. The mayor blames it on the illegal guns and gangs; I say t...
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Why our house’s Christmas lights are on so longJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - If you saw me, you’d say I have no ability to postpone a milkshake or a good chateaubriand. All of us have something we’re weak for and yet other pleasures we can say no...
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Hospital idea spurns WaukeganJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - Vista Healthcare should not be pursuing building a new hospital in the western part of Lake County when there remain so many health care needs unmet in the Waukegan area...
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Applaud Congressmen who opposed compromiseJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - The Daily Herald’s criticisms of Representatives Hultgren, Roskam, and Walsh for voting against the compromise on the fiscal cliff was misguided and just plain wrong. Y...
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The SoapboxJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - Salute to nerdy pursuits: Stevenson High School graduate Rachel Cliburn was doing research at Baylor University when she looked at a scientific journal and thought, “It’...