opinions
Our View: Preschool value
Anyone who has paid attention over the years knows that early childhood education is one of the best investments a society can make.
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College dorm: I have an idea for Lakeside Tower in Waukegan. Why doesn’t the College of Lake County buy the property and convert it into dormitories for the new college building they plan to construct.
Voices: Taxing roll-your-own cigarettes
Asked in Waukegan: Should roll-your-own cigarettes be taxed as much as regular cigarettes?
Our View: Online poker
The Legislature has plenty on its plate this session with budget issues and Medicaid and pension reform, but Senate President John Cullerton has piled more on with a plan to legalize online poker.
Dan Moran: Route 53 saga drives along
Driving south on the existing Route 53 while heading down to the Schaumburg metro area Sunday afternoon, I took a moment to savor the possibly endangered freedom of driving on that untolled expressway.
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Police aren’t perfect: As hard as it may be for some people to realize, there are bad police officers.
Voices: Plans when the school year ends
Asked at St. Anastasia School in Waukegan: What are your plans when the school year ends?
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Painful medicine: In order to save Medicaid they should make punishment extremely strict for doctors who abuse the system.
Voices: Have you signed up to be an organ donor?
Asked at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire: Have you signed up to be an organ donor?
War on blood-sucking pests
John Lennon said it best: “Imagine there’s no mosquitoes/It’s easy if you try ...” I was paraphrasing there — a little — but the fact is we might be on the cusp of living in a world without the bloodsucking pests that are a fact of life for most of the civilized world. Heavy emphasis on “might,” but we’ll take what we can get.
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Mom attack: Regarding the article “Man charged with lewd act in parking lot.” If I would have seen this, the police would have been a Godsend to this man.
Voices: Ads on Facebook
Asked at KeyLime Cove in Gurnee: How often have you been influenced by an ad on Facebook?
NATO Summit highlights policy, political complexities
“The military-industrial complex,” was the theme of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address as he completed two terms in the White House, sustaining remarkably strong public support throughout that tenure.
Voices: NATO summit in Chicago
Asked at Ela Area Public Library in Lake Zurich: What do you think of the NATO summit taking place in Chicago?
Background-check firms must face accuracy test
Anyone out of work knows how discouraging that can be. So imagine the discouragement if you learned you didn’t get a job because of an erroneous background check that said you had a criminal record.
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Grief counseling: After receiving our tax bill, I would like to know when the city of Waukegan and the school district are going to provide grief counseling for the taxpayers of this city.