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Editor’s note

Talk of the County is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see something you disagree with or think is incorrect, please tell us. Call us at 312-222-4554 or email [email protected].

His lack of, or slow response

What’s with the avalanche of freight train derailments? I’d like to ask Pete Buttigieg, but that complaint could be due to his lack of, or slow response. He is ill-equipped for the job. However, has anyone looked into train track conditions? It will be costly to inspect millions of miles of track to replace. What about terrorism? If no one is on top of this costly Interruption to our vital transportation lines, heads should roll.

Ruining our economy

So, the illegitimate socialist puppet comes on TV and lies to us by telling us that the banking system is safe after two large banks fail. Then the idiot treasury secretary tells us that the Feds are bailing out the depositors in these banks who are over the $250K FDIC limit, but the taxpayers will not pay for this. The only way that this can occur is for the treasury to print more money, which further debases our currency and causes more inflation. These morons are ruining our economy.

Keep patching up the potholes

The proposed Lake County Greenway will stop the building of new and faster highways. Maybe our old roads can be changed back into cobblestone roads of years past. Lake County does not need any improvements in the road system. Just keep patching up the potholes.

Open your mind

To those unpatriotic people who post in Talk of the County and continually bash our wonderful president, Joe Biden: Please watch more than just Fox or NewsMax. Open your mind. Watch MSNBC or CNN for a few hours each week. I watch Fox for about an hour a day. What I do know is that the Fox News ownership admitted to airing false news over, and over, and over again.

DeSantis stupidity

In “The Grapes of Wrath,” author John Steinbeck writes: “How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?” It reminds me of the stupidity of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ removal of Black history truths, and book companies kowtowing to his harangue.

Election integrity demands it

Recently, my family received notices from the Lake County clerk’s office advising on how to sign up to receive voting by mail forms. My wife and I still reside in Lake County. However, our two daughters also received notices. Neither of them has resided in Lake County in over 10 years. They are not eligible to vote in Illinois, yet checking on voter roll lists is considered by some to be voter purging or voter suppression. Both have requested to have their names removed in Illinois. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 requires states to establish a program to make a reasonable effort to remove voters from voter rolls who have died or changed residences, as our daughters did. Election integrity demands it.

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