Lily Lake Opinion
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Saturday Soapbox: 3-year deal deliveredNov 02, 2021 12:08 am - Nice to see Elgin School District U-46 teachers didn't deliver a strike as a Christmas present for district students and residents. And if they got the attention of an o...
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Iowa series put presidential politics in suburban contextNov 01, 2021 11:56 pm - We know what's happening in Iowa can be relevant in the suburbs and has connections to suburban interests. I often think of the Daily Herald in a phrase similar to the c...
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Double standard in new village alreadyNov 01, 2021 11:36 pm - A Dec. 13 article detailed a proposal for Lily Lake to annex 230 acres along Route 47 for a 225-home subdivision and some commercial development. This is a project being...
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Santa came dressed in nubuck with tickets for BlagojevichesNov 01, 2021 11:30 pm - Because wiretapping is illegal without a court order, we can only imagine the phone call between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. James DeLeo (D-Ticketmaster). Blagojevich:...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistNov 01, 2021 10:54 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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The good news John Drury never told you aboutNov 01, 2021 9:38 pm - For a man whose bread always seemed to be buttered with cold, hard facts, anchorman John Drury was nourished by a much softer spread in the last 18 years of his life. La...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyNov 01, 2021 9:31 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 01, 2021 8:56 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...
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From bathroom attendant to JFK-era whistleblowerNov 01, 2021 8:39 pm - The holidays are always a difficult stretch for Abraham Bolden. Not only did his wife die at this time of year, but so did his president and so did a little of bit of hi...
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Fox Valley SoapboxNov 01, 2021 8:19 pm - Too bizarre In one final sop to his party, Dennis Hastert is likely to leave his U.S. House 14th District seat before the end of the year. That will trigger the need for...