Lake County Opinion
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Editorial: Vernon Hills and a collaboration that saved servicesNov 09, 2012 7:58 am - There’s no shortage of examples of the effect of conflict between competing governments and government officials, usually at the expense of the people they serve. You se...
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Some ideas to clean up campaignsNov 09, 2012 4:00 am - Finally, the election is over. We have experienced a campaign cesspool. We hear that the total cost of campaigns is somewhere around $6 billion. And 99 percent of that ...
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Endorsements: A list of our choices for Nov. 6Nov 05, 2012 10:00 am - Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements for contested seats and referendums of local interest on the Nov. 6 ballot. For the full endorsement editorial in a given ...
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What is Antioch supervisor up to?Nov 02, 2012 4:29 pm - The Antioch Township supervisor also served as president of the beleaguered Antioch Rescue Squad (ARS). The Antioch Township supervisor appoints the board members of th...
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Thanks for help with food driveNov 02, 2012 4:29 pm - A big thank you to all the volunteers and all the citizens of Wauconda and Island Lake who so generously donated to our Make A Difference Day Food Drive. Also thanks to...
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Nerheim has right ideas, backgroundNov 02, 2012 12:02 pm - What I know to be true about Mike Nerheim: He believes politics have no place in the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, that the state’s attorney’s office should ref...
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Editorial: Close the Latino ‘achievement gap’Nov 02, 2012 11:11 am - Educators routinely question the value of standardized tests, saying they are not a solid measure of student progress. Certainly, in the suburbs they can be questioned, ...
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Libya failure proves Obama incompetenceNov 02, 2012 5:00 am - How tragic that the four Americans in The American Embassy in Libya had to lose their lives because of the incompetence of the current president and his administration. ...
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Choose prosecutor who stuck with the officeNov 02, 2012 5:00 am - Like many in the legal community, I know Mike Nerheim and Chris Kennedy. I worked with each in the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office. They are both good men. It is t...
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Mathias “gets it” on state budgetNov 02, 2012 5:00 am - I know you are just as tired as I am of seeing our hard-earned money get wasted in Springfield. Many state representatives have no problem spending our tax dollars on m...