Huntley Opinion
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Put down your cell; watch for workersAug 03, 2011 3:00 am - Welcome to the construction season in a town near you. During the summer months bridges and roads are being repaired or replaced, the parkway grass and trees are getting...
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Who will save planet if not us?Aug 03, 2011 3:00 am - I am a Columbia College Chicago student and like many students my age I see solutions to the urgent climate crisis being pushed aside by our politicians and media in fav...
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Don’t use GI’s as pawns in budget debateAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - An open letter to the President: As Commander in Chief, using the military as a pawn in the debt debate was despicable. How are you going to look a GI in the eye when yo...
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Enough intransigence from tea partyAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - Where did the tea party members of Congress ever get the notion that the citizens of this nation were willing to walk off an economic cliff to support their intransigent...
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Hemp, solar, wind won’t solve problemAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - It’s difficult to tell whether opinions recently expressed in Fence Post about climate change and energy are due to a lack of knowledge or bad logic. First, with respect...
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Now, let's find long-term solution to debt problemAug 02, 2011 12:00 am - So, the question of the day is, have we just averted a disastrous economic crisis or have we simply witnessed the final wrap on a scene we'll see in reruns two years fro...
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Writers made good points on ecologyJul 31, 2011 1:00 am - Two Fence Post letters included in one day impressed me and can help to show us that it is imperative to learn many easy ways that point to a livable future. Perhaps we ...
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What would John Adams say?Jul 31, 2011 1:00 am - Each day that passes takes us farther away from America’s founding, and the wisdom of those who gave us this nation. Sadly, as this length of time increases, our fervor ...
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The SoapboxJul 30, 2011 3:00 am - The $117,000 Walsh owes his kids: Well, we guess you could call U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry a role model of sorts. He says government must spend less. And then he rep...
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Speed tables can’t replace crossing guardsJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - It will never cease to amaze me how things can get so messed up when a government agency gets involved in things. The nonthinking Carpentersville trustees who laid off f...