For LakeDOT officials, the pros outweigh the cons. That means roundabouts will mushroom as the engineers look to plop them into likely intersections to allay road congestion, drop operational costs and in their views make driving safer.
Category: Lake County News-Sun Opinion
Column: Decades later, JFK’s legacy remains complex and controversial
Sen. John Kennedy’s book “Profiles in Courage,” about U.S. senators who put principle above political expediency, earned him the Pulitzer Prize. While critics cracked President Kennedy should show less profile and more courage, he actually demonstrated considerable personal strength.
Column: Downstaters want to secede from Illinois
Of course, they are tilting at windmills. The Illinois and U.S. Constitutions prohibit secession, which our fellow citizens may remember touched off the Civil War.
Law & Order column: Victim of Lake Zurich house fire identified
Della’s body was found the day after the fire gutted the house when crews returned to clear debris and pump water out of the basement.
Column: Wastewater district officials flushed with pride after more than century of service
The NSWRD is one of those quasi-governmental agencies that does its business with a mainly stellar record and little fanfare, cleaning 50 million gallons of sewage daily. It’s a messy job, but somebody’s got to do it.
Column: Key to GOP election sweep was Harris playing it safe
In 2024, Vice President Harris had no time for Smith’s legacy, but she did manage to appear on “The View,” “Call Her Daddy” and other venues with overwhelmingly female audiences.
Outdoors column: Get rid of the buckthorn to help wildlife
Knowing the ill effects buckthorn has on native northern Illinois landscapes, we quickly removed and disposed of it, while chiding ourselves on not staying ahead of its spread.
Column: Rocky road ahead for journalists in the world of Trump 2.0
The roundups of coastal media elites, cable pundits and late-night talk-show hosts, they fear, will begin once the 47th president takes office on Jan. 20. I jest, maybe.
Law & Order column: Rinehart honored for helping domestic-violence victims
Rinehart, who according to unofficial results was re-elected this month, was given the Joyce Fitzgerald Award by A Safe Place, which helps victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.
Column: Wanna bet gamblers are among those whining about inflation?
In the end, it seems higher rents and grocery prices, including “shrinkflation” — charging the same price for less product — overrode all the other issues Vice President Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald Trump campaigned upon these last months.