Lake County Opinion
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Firefighters’ work no less than heroicJul 31, 2012 5:00 am - While shopping in Vernon Hills, I received a phone call from my next door neighbor. “Where are you? Come home now. Our homes are about to go up in flames!” As we jumped ...
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Urge tollway officials to extend Route 53Jul 31, 2012 5:00 am - The tollway board just received the recommendations from their blue ribbon committee urging the extension of Route 53. If you agree with me that the extension and linkag...
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Can’t see need for park district tax hikeJul 30, 2012 5:00 am - My wife and I have lived in Arlington Heights since 1998. We own a small split-level south of Central sitting on a postage stamp-sized lot of 5,400 square feet. We chose...
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Park and school districts should team upJul 30, 2012 5:00 am - I have a question for the Park District board in light of another anticipated referendum. Has the board explored the possibility of partnering with District 25 to use th...
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Park district already plenty well fundedJul 30, 2012 5:00 am - Regarding the park district referendum in Arlington Heights, the Cook County Treasurer has a link to the financial statements for all government entities in the county. ...
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Editorial: Quinn bows to another Emanuel raid on the suburbsJul 29, 2012 8:49 am - A little more than a year after the state of Illinois agreed to $110 million in incentives to keep Motorola Mobility Inc. in Libertyville, the news broke Thursday that t...
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The SoapboxJul 28, 2012 5:00 am - Help for the rescuers Weather extremes hit suburban wildlife hard, and rehabilitation centers are inundated with young or injured birds, squirrels and other animals that...
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Emanuel needs to focus on cityJul 28, 2012 5:00 am - I have continued to read the political maneuvering by the mayor of the city of Chicago, and what I clearly realize is that this proves the old axiom of “You can take the...
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Civil unions create unequal treatmentJul 27, 2012 5:00 am - Regarding the Herald’s opinion of July 2 regarding its position on gay marriage, two points must be stressed: First, the reason that at the state level civil union legis...
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Editorial: Planning, training to keep our kids safeJul 27, 2012 5:00 am - The scene was all too real. Yellow police tape marked off the Gifford Street High School parking lot while Elgin’s SWAT team armed with rifles waited for their signal to...