Lake County Opinion
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Taking a deeper look at tax numbersOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - The Oct. 18 column by Walter E. Williams asserts that a mere 1.7 million Americans, less than 1 percent of our population, are paying 70.6 percent of our federal income ...
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A black man's spotlight on police experienceOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - I read a lot of stories about black men and their awful run-ins with cops. Can I share this black man's recent run-in with a policeman? I had car trouble in Round Lake B...
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Trump tax plan serves only the wealthyOct 22, 2017 1:00 am - I vehemently oppose Trump's tax plan. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimated that the top 1 percent of Americans would get 67 percent of the benefits. T...
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Weird gas price changesOct 22, 2017 1:00 am - Why isn't anyone questioning the fluctuation in gas prices lately? The BP gas station on Quentin and Lake-Cook Road in unincorporated lake County have had their prices g...
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Cartoon on the markOct 21, 2017 1:00 am - Thank you for the editorial cartoon of Oct. 14 depicting Harvey Weinstein as Jabba the Hut, a bloated overgrown garden slug, and a no-longer-young-and-slender Hillary Cl...
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Gun rights support is all about safetyOct 21, 2017 1:00 am - This letter is in response to Mr. Flowers' letter "Putting gun rights over public safety." Please understand gun rights people are all about responsibility and safety. F...
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Heartbeat and lifeOct 21, 2017 1:00 am - A clarification for the letter "Religious or not, keep minds open on abortion": According to the Bible in Ezekiel 37, this was not an actual happening but a vision given...
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Gun raffle was more than just insensitiveOct 20, 2017 1:00 am - Here's why we protested the Lake County GOP fundraiser that raffled off at least a dozen guns and featured an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle: The massacre in Las Vegas...
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Public needs to watch village more closelyOct 19, 2017 1:00 am - I am a taxpaying resident of Lindenhurst. I and other residents are upset over wasteful spending and cronyism by the mayor and trustees of the village. We have regularly...
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Gun money and politicsOct 19, 2017 1:00 am - Kudos to the people who showed up to protest the Lake County GOP's auction of guns last Friday, where they were auctioning off - among other weapons - a semiautomatic li...