Lake County Opinion
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Editorial: How Preckwinkle lost suburbs on minimum wageMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - As we've noted in this space plenty of times before, there is much that impresses us about Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. She has introduced discipline in...
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Collapse of the family is key to gang crimeMay 17, 2017 1:00 am - Having studied criminology for four years in college and having worked with young kids that committed murder and sold drugs, I was anxious to read your front-page articl...
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Editorial: Island Lake wise to draw a line on expansion of video gamblingMay 15, 2017 11:00 pm - We've never been thrilled about the advent of video gambling in the suburbs and have frequently been proud to see suburban communities whose leaders shared our distaste ...
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Splintered trees in Buffalo Grove could pose hazardMay 15, 2017 5:00 am - I knew the village of Buffalo Grove would not respond to getting rid of all the splintered trees by our walking path, where someone could get hurt. The officials in Buff...
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Wheeling should rethink street honorMay 15, 2017 5:00 am - Village of Wheeling ... let me get this right. We're naming an honorary street after someone who misused our money, used our vehicle and couldn't pay his water bill on t...
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Editorial: Roundabouts an intriguing option for intersection improvementsMay 14, 2017 11:00 pm - Roundabouts look odd, maybe even a little intimidating, the first time a driver pulls up to one. There is no traditional intersection and there are no traffic signals or...
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Planned Parenthood lowers costs for all of usMay 14, 2017 1:00 am - I am a recently retired health care executive and nurse who is so disappointed in the current administration and specifically our U.S. representative, Peter Roskam, for ...
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Loss of human touch in cursive's demiseMay 13, 2017 1:00 am - What saddens me most about the inevitable demise of cursive is the loss of the handwritten letter. My wife, Maggie, and I came to know each other and fell in love over ...
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An independent commission neededMay 13, 2017 1:00 am - The future of democracy is at stake. We must have an independent commission to investigate the Trump-Russian issues. Mr. Trump has crossed over the line in firing Mr. Co...
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Keep gun shops away from schoolsMay 12, 2017 1:00 am - Your article of May 5 described a proposal from a business to sell firearms and offer a shooting range at a building along Route 45, less than 250 feet from a day care. ...