Lake County Opinion
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Headline was unprofessionalJan 13, 2012 4:00 am - I believe that your headline “ Rivera Walks” published in the Saturday, Jan. 7, edition of The Daily Herald is unprofessional and journalistically unethical. The “walk” ...
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Americans putting money over moralsJan 13, 2012 4:00 am - What is wrong with us, the everyday American citizens? We keep re-electing the same useless politicians who are only interested in keeping their cushy jobs in local, sta...
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Baby’s father avoids consequencesJan 13, 2012 4:00 am - Tragedies in our society, such as narrated by Arlene Sawicki in her letter of Dec. 31, reveal negligence by parents, school and church personnel for not seeking out and ...
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Front page is freed from inferior BearsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - Hallelujah! The final Bears front page. Now you will have to put news on the front page on Mondays (or maybe the Bulls). I just cannot understand the Herald’s love affai...
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Detention camps trample our rightsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - I’m writing to address a subject that too many people in this country don’t know about. The issue is the presence of over 800 empty detention camps built across America ...
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Help me make sense of tollway planJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - You gotta love Lafleur. The Illinois Toll Authority’s director, Kristi Lafleur, was asked about the authority’s 2012 agenda by the Daily Herald’s Marni Pyke. Lafleur had...
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Public workers shouldn’t be allowed to strikeJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - In the news recently, there have been a few articles about the teachers’ strike at Zion-Benton. I’m certain that my letter will antagonize that group and any others who ...
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Dim thinking in bulb decisionsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - In the world of politics, it is amazing how seemingly minor issues can become important. One sleeper issue is “light bulb freedom.” With a Federal ban on standard 100-wa...
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A riff on Walsh’s Christmas greetingJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - I just read Kerry Lester’s article about Joe Walsh petitioning Congress to allow legislators to send Christmas or Hanukkah wishes to constituents using tax dollars. Wow,...
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Don’t focus on money in politicsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - I am writing in response to the first of what will certainly be many articles about how much money candidates for local elected office have raised during the last quarte...