Lake County Opinion
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Parks officials work hard at conferencesMay 18, 2012 5:00 am - After reading your front page article about the park district conference, I have to admit that I’m disappointed — not with my local park district, but with the normally ...
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Don’t destroy the revenue generatorsMay 18, 2012 5:00 am - I am really getting tired of hearing the left wing radicals constantly chanting the Marxist/Leninist mantra ‘workers unite” or corporations are evil. Consider the “work...
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Rescind cost increases in ElginMay 18, 2012 4:40 am - Our late, beloved Elgin City Council member Marie Yearman can never be replaced, but John Prigge comes close to representing us, so we hope other council members will jo...
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Grayslake schools hurt by improper use of stimulus moneyMay 17, 2012 10:33 am - After reading about Grayslake’s school problems re: money and air-conditioning, I couldn’t contain myself. It made me sick. Why that entire school board wasn’t removed I...
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Don’t change Bible to fit your needsMay 17, 2012 10:27 am - I had a few thoughts after reading Ginger Storniolo’s comments (Fence Post, May 12) on Bible translations being so inaccurate that we really can’t know what it says. To ...
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The real issue behind voter IDMay 17, 2012 10:27 am - Regarding Mr. Michael Fredian’s letter of May 5: Sorry, the number of voter fraud convictions has no correlation to the number of frauds successfully perpetrated. I agre...
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Tax exemptions difficult to navigateMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - Cook County’s property tax exemptions are meant to help reduce homeowners property tax burdens, but they are much like Chicago’s weather. Just wait a minute and it will ...
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All faiths must unite against terrorismMay 17, 2012 5:00 am - Sami Hassoun’s anger at the world, perhaps even at the Cubs, could have been overturned had he only followed his daily prescription — face east and prostrate into prayer...
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No more bailoutsMay 17, 2012 4:40 am - No more bailouts ever! If your company made a mistake — too bad. Suck it up and swallow it the same way every American citizen has to. No more taking our Social Security...
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‘Entitlement’ is wrong word for what we’ve earnedMay 17, 2012 1:00 am - I do not like the word entitlement. To me, it sounds as though the people are asking for a gift from the government. In fact, I (we) have paid and continue to pay for so...