Opinion Stories from February 20, 2014 (Change date)
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Endorsement: Werfel for Lake County Board Dist. 6Feb 20, 2014 10:42 am - The two Republican candidates vying for the District 6 seat on the Lake County Board agree on the issues far more than they disagree. Tim Powell, a retired 30-year sheri...
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Endorsement: Davoust for Kane County clerkFeb 20, 2014 10:57 am - Turnout was 12.4 percent - or 26,593 ballots cast - in Kane County for the April 2011 election, the lowest in 24 years for a nonpartisan, consolidated election. A mere 2...
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Endorsement: Johnson for House Dist. 42 GOP nominationFeb 20, 2014 12:24 pm - It's a tough call in the GOP primary contest for Illinois House District 42. There's a lot to like about first-term incumbent Jeanne Ives: She's smart; candid, probably ...
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Endorsements for McHenry County Board districts 1, 3, 5, 6Feb 20, 2014 10:47 am - With work nearing completion on a long-awaited Unified Development Ordinance, changes planned to an often criticized stormwater management ordinance, decisions to be mad...
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Endorsement: Kramer for Kane County sheriffFeb 20, 2014 10:54 am - Donald Kramer and Kevin Williams, the Republican candidates for Kane County sheriff, have both been in the serve-and-protect business for decades. Kramer retired as a li...
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Endorsement: No recommendation in Senate District 39Feb 20, 2014 6:28 pm - One major issue - public pensions - separates incumbent Illinois District 39 Sen. Don Harmon of Oak Park and his challenger in the Democratic primary, attorney Bob Galho...
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Endorsement: Doody Gorman for Cook County Board, Dist. 17, GOPFeb 20, 2014 10:47 am - Residents of Des Plaines, and some in Elk Grove Village, Rosemont and Park Ridge, might well be bewildered to learn they need an understanding of Orland Park politics in...
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Endorsement: Courtney, Morita and Santos for Metropolitan Water Reclamation DistrictFeb 20, 2014 10:45 am - The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's generous salary for what's described as a part-time position has attracted 10 candidates for the three open positions in th...
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Endorsement: Pihos in GOP primary for Illinois House District 48Feb 20, 2014 10:52 am - Two staunch conservatives are running in the Republican primary for state representative from the 48th District, which takes in Glen Ellyn and Lombard and parts of Lisle...
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Endorsement: Sandack in House Dist. 81, GOPFeb 20, 2014 6:28 pm - In the contentious GOP primary race for Illinois House District 81, a feisty challenger has characterized first-term incumbent Ron Sandack's voting as that of a "Mike Ma...