Lake County Opinion
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We need constitutional bargain on pensionsOct 15, 2017 1:00 am - Many of us know that Illinois is facing a fiscal disaster due to giant pension liabilities. Pensions are generally funded at nearly 40 percent with estimated liabilities...
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This, we can afford?Oct 15, 2017 1:00 am - As I understand it, HB40 allows for something on which I have not read any comment. This bill, which Gov. Rauner signed, allows for taxpayers to pay for abortions initia...
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Healthy HalloweenOct 14, 2017 1:00 am - My friend suggested we cancel Halloween eliminating all the sugar candies that are passed out to the little ones. I told him I disagree; the children have been celebrati...
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Terms of saleOct 14, 2017 1:00 am - I bet Mrs. McCaskey is still ticked off. Here's what she should do: Put up a 50-foot billboard on the tollway near Bears training camp in Lake Forest: "For Sale, one vin...
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Remembering a good, kind man at PlayboyOct 13, 2017 1:00 am - I was very sorry to hear about Hugh Hefner's passing. In 1962, I had just graduated from high school and I got a job in the subscription department at Playboy Magazine. ...
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Christmas is not secularOct 13, 2017 1:00 am - How in the name of Jesus Christ, whose birth is the sole reason for the Christmas season, does Mundelein or any other community have a secular Christmas? There is no suc...
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Take action, don't deny reality of climate changeOct 10, 2017 12:01 am - No, EPA chief Tom Pruitt, this is not insensitive. Insensitive is ignoring the way forward. Hurricane Harvey floods Houston. Typhoons kill thousands and leave millions h...
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Dr. Shah's Campaign Reports Strong 3rd Quarter Fundraising Total Of Nearly $310,000Oct 09, 2017 11:00 pm - Dr. Sapan Shah, Republican candidate for Congress in IL-10, today announced his campaign raised $309,779 despite only officially announcing his candidacy on September 12...
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How many have to die?Oct 09, 2017 1:00 am - Someone please remind me why semi-automatic weapons are legal. I have written the Herald two other times over the years after mass shootings, and I still wonder how many...
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Editorial: Assessor takes wrong approach to solving office disputeOct 08, 2017 11:00 pm - Ever had disagreeable co-workers who make coming to the office a chore? Or, have you been asked to help out with duties that are outside the scope of your normal job? Fo...