Lake County Opinion
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Bobcat heartbreakFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - It broke my heart to read about the 300 bobcats Illinois allowed to be killed, especially reading that some were caught in traps. A quick death by firearm or arrow woul...
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An immigrant's storyFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - As I read many stories about immigration in the newspaper, I would like to contribute my "Too old but I still remember" story. I emigrated to Canada in 1956 from West Ge...
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Legislative prioritiesFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - Recently, one of our lawmakers in Springfield decided that we should name October Zombie Awareness Month. Then, another lawmaker is concerned about our state vegetable. ...
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It's just businessFeb 15, 2017 12:00 am - If anyone should understand making a profit takes a priority for a business, it would be Donald Trump. If the Ivanka Trump clothing line was making Nordstrom's a huge pr...
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Where did all the Wheeling Twp. savings go?Feb 13, 2017 4:00 am - After months of telling the voters of Wheeling Township that they were going to save money and eliminate waste by abolishing their Road District, the majority of the Whe...
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Candidate who favors consolidationFeb 13, 2017 12:00 am - Lt. Governor Sanguinetti's "Task Force on Local Government Consolidation and Unfunded Mandates" is pretty clear on what needs to be done. In regard to townships: consoli...
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DeVos approval bodes ill for public schoolsFeb 13, 2017 12:00 am - The approval of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education is alarming given that she does not support public education and under the guise of "choice," plans to decimate it ...
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Barnyard immigrationFeb 11, 2017 12:00 am - Our new president has been in office only three weeks, and the trickledown effect of his discrimination, exclusion, and insensitivity has taken hold in our back yards. ...
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Trump order doesn't go far enoughFeb 11, 2017 12:00 am - I fully support President Trump's executive order that temporarily halts admissions from the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) and bans travel from nationals of co...
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Don't fall for deeds scamFeb 11, 2017 12:00 am - The Lake County Recorder's office has been flooded with phone calls asking about an official letter they received regarding the deed to their home. There are two compani...