Lake County Opinion
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Election: Consider what our mayors have doneNov 28, 2012 4:00 am - Arlene Mulder will be stepping down next spring as village president of Arlington Heights after a tenure of 2 decades and many more years in public service beyond that. ...
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Raising income tax for rich won’t helpNov 28, 2012 4:00 am - Those of you who believe in raising the tax rate of the very wealthy don’t understand how taxes work. You could increase the top rate to 99 percent and you’d get very li...
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Unions top barrier to school reformsNov 28, 2012 4:00 am - You’re right, the commitment is key to educational reform (Our View, Nov. 15), but you’re not putting enough emphasis on the importance of management in maintaining that...
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Editorial: The fundamental problems of holding dual officesNov 26, 2012 4:00 am - Although we have differences with some of state Sen. Terry Link’s positions, we decided that his background and leadership merited our endorsement in the election just p...
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Start new dialogue on sexual abuseNov 26, 2012 4:00 am - Dear sexual assault survivor, In the heat of the election season the word “rape” was recklessly tossed into debates and dialogues, not to create awareness of the preval...
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America we once knew slips beneath wavesNov 25, 2012 3:40 am - Consider the sad irony of our political landscape. A paragon of American patriotism, Gen. David Petraeus, will now take the fall for this administration’s willful incomp...
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The SoapboxNov 24, 2012 4:00 am - Daunting task: Jeanne Ives and Stephanie Kifowit announced their resignations from the Wheaton and Aurora city councils following their election to the state legislature...
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Nekritz letter doesn’t help anythingNov 24, 2012 4:00 am - Nekritz letter doesn’t help anything We’re just past the election, and state Democrats are already pulling out the smoke and mirrors to fool voters. State Rep. Elai...
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Change rules to make biking saferNov 23, 2012 4:00 am - Bicycles are a great form of transportation that allow people to go green and help save the earth from thousands of air pollutants, but recently, the number of bicycle a...
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We must be better stewardsNov 23, 2012 4:00 am - For the most part, the dust has settled after our recent elections. But that doesn’t mean that there are no other important decisions remaining to be made. In fact, we ...