Opinion Stories from February 24, 2016 (Change date)
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Maybe Chinese will come to our rescueFeb 24, 2016 11:01 pm - We can rebuild Iraq and pay 75 percent of Europe's defense budget. But, when it comes time to raise the gas tax 10 cents a gallon to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure...
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Better place to live and raise a familyFeb 24, 2016 11:01 pm - It has been my pleasure to have known Patrick Kenneally for almost a decade now. I first met Patrick when he was first hired as a prosecutor in McHenry County. As with a...
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Type to serve McHenry Co. wellFeb 24, 2016 11:01 pm - Last week a candidate for McHenry County Board in District 5 visited my house. His name is Joe Calomino. First, let me say that I was surprised to see a candidate knocki...
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Knowledge of local government a plusFeb 24, 2016 11:01 pm - Citizens want a leaner government. A vote for Tina Hill will help McHenry County achieve that end. Tina has knowledge of local government. She possesses great budgeti...
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Sleepy Hollow tax hike deserves supportFeb 24, 2016 11:01 pm - Your newspaper was troubled by Sleepy Hollow's last tax referendum in April, 2015. You noted that the village's tax increase request failed to meet taxpayers "halfway" a...
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Don’t decommission N-reactors for passing nonscientific time limitFeb 24, 2016 10:00 pm - The following editorial appears in Thursday’s Yomiuri Shimbun: A “pass certificate” has been granted for the first time to a nuclear power station that started operating...
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ECC President: Avoid student loans, if possible, during state budget crisisFeb 24, 2016 10:00 pm - Did you know that student loan debt in the United States has soared to $1.2 trillion? Even though the state budget stalemate is impacting grant funding for students who ...
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Endorsement: Frasz for Republican nomination in District 18 of Kane County BoardFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - Andrew "Drew" Frasz, the Republican vice chairman of the Kane County Board, is facing a primary challenge from fellow Elburn resident James MacRunnels. MacRunnels, 58, ...
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Disappointing politics following Scalia's deathFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - It was shocking to hear from presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz that President Obama should not fill the vacancy that has opened due to Supreme Court Justice Scalia's ...
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The moral insight of 'Mockingbird'Feb 24, 2016 12:00 am - At a time when politics has veered toward division and exclusion, it is somehow fitting that Harper Lee, the apostle of empathy, made her exit. After the success of her...
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