Lake County Opinion
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Some solutions would create new problemsAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - I wanted to respond to Mr. Bill Hartman of Barrington, who proposed in a July 17 letter after reading adjacent headlines about rising ocean levels in California and drou...
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Handouts won’t help the poor get jobsAug 06, 2012 5:00 am - Did you know more people are killed in Chicago that Afghanistan? At least 275 so far this year — nine young people shot in one day alone. You don’t suppose that a small ...
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Government excess makes me wearyAug 05, 2012 5:00 am - I’m tired of the government running my life. You can’t run our state or country, so what makes you think you can run my life? I’m tired of you regulating and taxing sma...
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Health care law is badly neededAug 04, 2012 5:00 am - Thank goodness that as of now, the Supreme Court has upheld the basic tenets of the Affordable Care Act — please don’t be so demeaning as to call it Obamacare. As a two-...
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Editorial: Cold War artifact tells a chilling storyAug 02, 2012 9:06 am - Brett Blomberg’s mission in Vernon Hills doesn’t quite equate to pounding swords into plowshares, but it sure has a lot to say about the rumors of war. It’s a story wort...
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President insulted hard workersAug 02, 2012 5:00 am - President Obama, ever the class warrior, receiver of untold free opportunities, position and wealth that he did not earn, insinuates that business owners and high income...
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Speaker should step asideAug 02, 2012 5:00 am - It is widely known that our speaker of the house is the most powerful legislator in Illinois history. He has been a legislator for over 40 years and speaker for nearly t...
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Loss of wind tax credit will cost jobsAug 01, 2012 11:15 am - Surely, as the election season heats up, politicians will extol the American people on the need for domestic jobs (and hopefully work toward this goal). Surely, as the M...
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Old-fashioned county fair has its appealAug 01, 2012 11:15 am - Sometimes old-fashioned traditions are the best of life. My family and I, once again, visited the Lake County Fair this weekend. The experience is hard to describe, but...
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Editorial: In brutal summer, recommit to water safetyAug 01, 2012 5:00 am - It’s becoming almost routine this summer to hear about tragedies on Chicago-area waterways, and the death of a 10-year-old Libertyville boy near Lake Villa last weekend ...