Lake County Opinion
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Editorial had the right appealApr 13, 2012 11:06 am - We commend the Daily Herald’s opinion, “Let’s Respect Our System of Checks and Balances” on Sunday, April 8. Your view expressed thoughtfulness and critical thinking wh...
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ID cards can stop all kinds of fraudApr 13, 2012 11:06 am - Kudos to Connie Pohlman for her perspective regarding “Fraud exists where voter id doesn’t.” I can recall recently (within the last year or so) where a woman had been vo...
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Recorder’s duties are limitedApr 13, 2012 11:06 am - Lake County Recorder of Deeds Mary Ellen Vanderventer last week wrote a letter to the editor making a public plea for her to keep this Office a separate, elected positio...
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Ignore the phone and vote them outApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - Reader Barry North wrote about his annoyance with political robocalls (Fence Post, April 5), and I’m sure most of us agree with him. But he made two additional points. H...
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Regulations are what protect usApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - Reader Steve Quick (Fence Post, March 26) tells us in no uncertain terms that come November, the South will rise and smite the Yankee federal regulators who have wrecked...
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Justices should stick to constitutional roleApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - What’s wrong with this picture of the American exceptionalism of America’s highest court, its dignity, its scholarship, and its incorruptible nonpartisanship? Listening ...
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Glad sports complex is reopeningApr 12, 2012 12:40 pm - I am writing about the reopening of the Libertyville Sports Complex mini-golf course. I think it’s a great thing reopening it. When I was little, I remember going there ...
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Schneider gets edge on business experienceApr 12, 2012 12:40 pm - It’s hard to say who is going to win in the Nov 6 general election for the 10th Congressional District because both candidates, Democrat Brad Schneider and Republican Ro...
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Pipeline wouldn’t lower gas pricesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to compliment Mr. Silvio Pontarelli on his restraint in not calling the president a liar about the Keystone pipeline (Fence Post, April 6). However, his lac...
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Blame 3 culprits on high gas pricesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - It never ceases to amaze me when you read the newspaper how nobody is responsible for the price of gas. There are three culprits, and they are 1) company CEOs, 2) Washin...