Lake County Opinion
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GOP just doesn't careJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Is it possible, that any normal-intelligence person believes that the president of the U.S.A. will get an American congress to appropriate a few hundred billion dollars ...
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Welcome back to the 1950sJul 22, 2017 1:00 am - In 1952, I was 7 years old when my grandmother, mother of seven and surviving spouse of a Fort Sheridan firefighter, was told that she had a malignant brain tumor. She w...
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Had me for a minuteJul 22, 2017 1:00 am - I was right behind Lee Hamilton's July 18 column "We must promote hard-nosed factual media …" until he called The New York Times, Washington Post and CNN "high quality n...
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Thank you for helping flood victimsJul 22, 2017 1:00 am - On behalf of the Avon Township Food Pantry, I would like to express a heartfelt "Thank you" to those who banded together in helping the recent flood victims in Lake Coun...
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Protect your car; take your keysJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - Two automobiles were stolen in Vernon Hills this past weekend. One was taken from a single family residence and one from a multifamily residence. Many more vehicles have...
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Get outsider for vacant village board seatJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - I was a candidate for elected office in the April municipal election. I learned much that cycle, such as how simple comments can label a candidate as being against selec...
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Editorial: Why video gambling needs more local controlJul 18, 2017 11:00 pm - Lawmakers who opened the door for video gambling in Illinois didn't anticipate we'd find the machines five years later in grocery stores. Or in storefront "cafe casinos...
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A story that restores faithJul 17, 2017 1:00 am - The wonderful story of the brave rescue by ordinary citizens of swimmers caught in the undertow on a Florida beach lifted my heart. That is why I love America so much. ...
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Costly lack of leadership over Des Plaines policeJul 17, 2017 1:00 am - Your article in the July 13 issue about the Des Plaines cop getting his job back shows how little attention the leadership of the Des Plaines Police Department puts on p...
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Thoughts on food, energy, education in U.S.Jul 16, 2017 1:00 am - Letter to our government: It seems to me that there is plenty of blame being spewed around by everybody from politicians to average citizens. As an average American citi...