Crystal Lake Opinion
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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 ...
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Kirk not perfect; better than AlexiOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - I appeal to my fellow conservatives. Like many of you, I did not vote for Mark Kirk in February's primary. I strongly disagree with some of the positions he's taken, so ...
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Fox has background to be comptrollerOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Another sign of voter anger is the number of third party candidates on the ballot. Third parties in Illinois overcame the incumbent protectionist signature requirements ...
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Next President must be pro-AmericanOct 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Regarding Susan Estrich's column: “All hired help is deserving of decency of Oct. 4, why is it that Democrats prematurely rush to the side of the “underdog, in this case...
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Kirk election halts tax-and-spend trainOct 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Illinois has a chance to slow down the Obama political express by voting twice for Mark Kirk on Election Day. The U.S. Supreme Court has placed the Roland Burris seat on...
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Change leadership in SpringfieldOct 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I had to laugh when I read Robert Kaempfe's Daily Herald questionnaire answers. He said new state representatives need to be elected to end the gridlock in Springfield. ...
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Bianchi should ignore pressuresOct 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Only the naive would think the hyperbolical indictment of Lou Bianchi was not motivated by his political enemies. Published calls for him to step aside reaffirm the pres...
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Look at how can we help urban poorOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - After a decade of downturn, and for the past three years the worst recession since the Great Depression, the news about skyrocketing suburban poverty this week shouldn't...
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Elect Kirk, stop higher taxesOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The country's deficit is ballooning out of control, and some politicians in Washington have a plan to fix it without raising income taxes: a value-added tax (VAT) that D...