Lake County Opinion
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Change law overseeing pensionsMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - The legislature and public employees are debating furiously over pension reform. But for employers a very different problem needs reforming. Six years ago, to fix the p...
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Parents must say no to teen drinkingMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - Our opposition to teen drinking and insistence that parents take responsibility is unwavering. For years, we have pointed to the pages of the Daily Herald and stories ab...
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Harper College odd silence on Ender’s expensesMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - Anyone who follows this space regularly knows we are big supporters of Harper College in Palatine in general and its current president, Kenneth Ender, in particular. The...
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Speak your mind, and your nameMay 17, 2011 1:00 am - When we heard about Ron Friedman, an elected trustee at Warren-Newport Public Library District in Gurnee, adopting an assumed name to speak out at Lake County Housing Au...
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Fast train to Detroit a waste of fundsMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - The Herald reports that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announces that $404 million has been allocated by the federal government to go “toward increasing (train) spe...
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One language should be our goalMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Shame on you, Daily Herald. What a surprise to find in my “English speaking community” daily paper a photograph with a heading in Spanish. (The May 5 article is on page ...
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Durbin’s approach on fuel taxes faultyMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Well, well, our esteemed senior senator, Dick Durbin (D-Labor Unions), has come up with another brilliant idea. He wants to eliminate “tax breaks” for big oil. Apparentl...
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A reminder that seat belts save livesMay 15, 2011 12:00 am - For anyone who complains about getting a ticket for not buckling up when driving or riding in a motor vehicle, here’s a crash course in reality from the National Highway...
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Haley a true suburban ‘Idol’May 15, 2011 12:00 am - Last year, we had Lee DeWyze and the Blackhawks. This year, Haley Reinhart and the Bulls. Let’s hope for a repeat double championship. But even if that doesn’t happen, ...
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Three potential laws that make senseMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - Often, our General Assembly does things that make us scratch our collective heads. We frequently find ourselves questioning the motives of our elected representatives. B...