Lake County Opinion
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Hastert post-Congress spending an affrontMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - It is unconscionable for Dennis Hastert to take $1 million from the taxpayers to operate an office and staff. We don't need to finance retired House Speakers to promote ...
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We all pay cost for uninsuredMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - I am writing to you to express my deep concern for the need for national health care reform. My husband and I always believed that because we worked in health care, the ...
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Joe Walsh and the debt he didn't payMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - If Congressional candidate Joe Walsh was so hard up for money that he couldn't fulfill his obligation on a $300,000 mortgage, why was he able to afford to rent an $860,0...
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Thanks to Elgin snow angelMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - I'm an almost senior citizen with a few health issues but I'm still the primary person responsible for shoveling the snow. During our last big snowfall a pickup truck ca...
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Obama barking up the wrong treeMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - It was right before the Super Bowl on Feb. 7 that President Obama reopened the health are reform issue, after it was all about jobs-jobs-jobs these past few weeks, by en...
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Video poker won't solve anythingMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald was right to put "Fee for rejecting video poker?" on its front page. But I'd like to challenge more than video poker. Unfortunately, the name of the spo...
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Frank, Dodd must not own condosMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Once again, our federal government is showing its total ignorance as to how to get the country out of the real estate depression. Recently, HUD and FHA have issued restr...
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Religious beliefs not part of storyMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - A recent Associated Press story reported that the missionaries in Haiti received legal advice from Jorge Puello, "a Jew from the Dominican Republic." What is the relevan...
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Obama's take on proper procedureMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - I was recently appraised of a term which had not crossed my path in some time. The term is "parliamentary procedures." I would surmise that this is the golden gun that t...
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Saturday soapbox: Maybe they'll rent out roomsMar 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Maybe they'll rent out rooms: Pigeon coops in Aurora now have to meet building codes? Seems like a frivolous application of city powers at a time when plenty of ...