Editorials
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Praise for preservation of open spaceMay 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Taxes, water supplies, police protection, the right to form a village, the right to disconnect from a village, and the right to protect or sell your property. It's all b...
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Saturday Soapbox: Lake CountyMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - "Thanks" That probably woefully understates the sentiment from Gurnee-area motorists to news this week that along-awaited reconstruction of Washington Street won't begin...
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Best way to renovate NIU's Cole HallMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - In the wake of February's shootings at Northern Illinois University and the Gov. Rod Blagojevich-inspired haste to raze Cole Hall and replace it with a new $40 million l...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fox ValleyMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A nice how-do-you-do It was a pleasant surprise for one of our soapbox writers to get a voice mail at home Monday afternoon from Jose Torres, who was named superintenden...
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Saturday Soapbox: DuPage CountyMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Not good for parents, or goodwill The abrupt closure of Edward Hospital's day school for children with emotional and behavioral difficulties, due to budgetary issues, is...
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook CountyMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - All in all, an impressive building Leaving the debate over the $31 million price tag aside for a moment, the new Arlington Heights village hall is really quite something...
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Fix broken foreign adoptions nowMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Imagine the agony hundreds of suburban parents and would-be parents now are facing. Perhaps they have a child whom they have loved and made a home with for years. Perhap...
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Progress on toll notices; more to be doneMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - A lot of people are sweating over those belated and expensive notices of toll collection violations. Now we hope there are beads of worry on the brows of those who've ca...
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Give the details on bike show decisionMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - We have no doubt that Grayslake officials were genuinely concerned about the welfare of the community when they decided at the last minute to cancel a permit for the Iro...
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Seeking impeachment would be extremeMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Last Thursday, the Illinois Senate swiftly denied giving citizens of one of the most corrupt states in the union something they desperately need -- a chance to initiate ...