Crystal Lake Opinion
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State Senate District 31: SchmidtOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The race for the Illinois Senate from District 31 in northern Lake County is a competitive one between two solid candidates — incumbent Democrat Michael Bond of Grayslak...
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Ken Koehler a capable leadeOct 17, 2010 11:00 pm - In this important election, in the midst of more than 10 percent unemployment across the country, I believe that it is imperative to vote for candidates who understand s...
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Don't feed the animalsOct 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Shame! Shame! First on a Daily Herald reader, for not only feeding a Rocky Mountain National Park chipmunk people food when there is abundance of signage warning that it...
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Congress, 16th District: ManzulloOct 17, 2010 1:00 am - The choice in the 16th Congressional District, which covers most of northern Illinois from Cary west to the Mississippi, is a difficult one. Republican incumbent Don Man...
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State House District 63: FranksOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - If Democrat Jack Franks is known for anything in the legislature and in truth, he is known for a lot it is for his frank willingness to challenge the powers that be wh...
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Illegal immigrant a political pawnOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I do not think I have ever written a letter to the editor before, but the article by Susan Estrich made me mad. She was writing about Meg Whitman. The title says the hir...
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Congress, 9th District: PollakOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Democrat Jan Schakowsky of Evanston has represented the 9th Congressional District, which includes part of Des Plaines, for 12 years. For the first time in our memory, s...
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Vote Walsh and against high taxesOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The Democrats give lip service to continuing the Bush tax cuts, but not for the hated “rich," but only after the election. Of course, if they sit on their hands and do n...
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Saturday Soapbox: Embarrassment in Grafton TownshipOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - What an embarrassment: You'd think that repeated public exposure in the newspaper would encourage leaders in Grafton Township to at least try to portray a better pu...
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State House, Dist. 64: TryonOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Challenger Robert Kaempfe, a Democrat from Crystal Lake, is making his second bid for a seat in the state legislature for reasons most Illinois voters probably identify ...