Lake County Opinion
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Editorial: The case for township road districts' demiseOct 02, 2018 11:00 pm - A Wheeling Township experiment recently caught our eye. The township eliminated the elected position of highway commissioner and in the first year dropped its tax collec...
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Thanks for serviceSep 17, 2018 1:00 am - As a policeman, life is hard. A friend describes his dad's job as "middle-of-the-meal leave." As a policeman, if a call comes, he must be ready to leave within minutes o...
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Time for Palatine to revisit raising the minimum wageSep 13, 2018 5:00 am - On May 8, 2017, Palatine Mayor Jim Schwantz and the Village Council unanimously opted out of the Cook County ordinances increasing the minimum wage and instituting paid ...
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Editorial: Don't forget the real winners of VFW raffle - veteransSep 12, 2018 11:00 pm - So it begins. For the next several days, the frenzy at McHenry VFW Post 4600 will rise toward a crescendo next Tuesday, when a game that started in November 2016 will co...
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Letter: Trump's defense of Manafort was disgracefulAug 29, 2018 1:00 am - What is wrong with President Donald Trump? It was disgraceful to hear the president praise Paul Manafort and criticize prosecutors while the jury was deliberating in hi...
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Letter: Who do athletes disrespect veterans?Aug 29, 2018 1:00 am - Why is it that sports stars make millions of dollars while disrespecting the millions of people who fought for their right to make those millions playing a childish game...
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Letter: In politics, you can't accept things at face valueAug 28, 2018 1:00 am - On August 16, The Northwest Side GOP posted on Facebook a meeting that will take place on October 4 in Chicago. Above the printed information about the meeting, they pos...
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Get rid of procurement cards for elected officialsAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - Governments that issue credit or debit cards to elected officials have to pay the bill. Then, they can take it up with the person holding the card if there are questions...
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Tech Advancements Help Schools Give Low-Income Students More OpportunitiesAug 13, 2018 11:00 pm - As President of Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, I have the privilege of spending my days with an immensely talented group of young people. While they are blessed wit...
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Says his new polling place is ridiculously far awayAug 13, 2018 5:00 am - I have lived in the same unincorporated subdivision for over 42 years. We were here before Buffalo Grove started scooping up property, and now Buffalo Grove is a half bl...