Lake County Opinion
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Hey, Congress, let’s share the sacrificeFeb 04, 2012 11:00 pm - Is anybody else sick of political pandering? Politicians have been unproductive for almost three years and now ask for donations to their re-election. I check my email a...
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Chill crime by freezing criminalsFeb 04, 2012 6:00 am - On Jan. 22 I read the story in the Daily Herald about overcrowding in our prisons. I have a brilliant, simple and inexpensive solution to this problem. Freeze our crimin...
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Food industry killing the beesFeb 04, 2012 6:00 am - Anyone who likes watermelon, strawberries or tomatoes or any of the list that include one-third of all foods we enjoy thanks to bees, we must thank Jan Riggenbach for me...
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Columnist barks up the wrong treeFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - Susan Estrich’s editorial on Jan. 20 has me wondering how out of touch these columnist are with what are the real issues in the presidential race. Initially, I thought i...
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Put Midwestern industry firstFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - The upper Midwest might be referred to as the newly invigorated Auto Belt and the worn-out Rust Belt. States such as Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and the western se...
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Equipment fix easy compared with economyFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - Recently, President Obama was giving a televised speech at a college when the teleprompters malfunctioned, and suddenly there was silence. Fortunately for him, he had te...
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Rally for right to carry a gunFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - Last year, HB148, which would allow Illinoisans the right to protect themselves by being able to carry a concealed weapon, missed passage by a handful of votes. Illinois...
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Mundelein making wrong ‘improvements’Feb 04, 2012 5:00 am - I have to totally agree with the recent letter “Mundelein needs better priorities” in the Fence Post by Gregory Jacobs. Mr. Jacobs talks about how Mundelein’s village tr...
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Repeal state sales tax hikeFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - The law to raise the personal tax hike from 3 percent to 5 percent and the corporate tax from 4.8 percent to 7 percent was passed in a Lame Duck session of Illinois’s 96...
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Obama will have my vote in NovemberFeb 04, 2012 5:00 am - You have to worry about a political party whose top contenders for president of this country are: A corporate raider who has hidden millions of dollars in offshore banks...