Island Lake Opinion
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Keep clean energy in good favorJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - An old-fashioned windmill might make a charming yard ornament, but the bigger, more modern version is getting attention these days in some suburbs. As the nation's ambit...
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County's long view is shortsightedJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - The McHenry County 2030 Comprehensive Plan, as it now stands, is focused on accommodating and even encouraging rapid urbanization. Though the plan's vision statements fo...
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Sense, compassion will fix budget messJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I am tired of both the people who say no new taxes period and the politicians who play games with the lives of the citizens of Illinois who are least able to help themse...
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Nowhere to swing but to the leftJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - John King and his like-minded ideologues have been extra busy with the letter-writing since Obama became president. Recently, Nancy Thorner attacked his speech at Cairo,...
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Obama cracks down, but not hard enoughJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - First, as a conservative, let's give some credit to President Obama's speech in Cairo. He did a good job in reminding the world about the existence of evil in his commen...
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Reform not possible without public planJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Of the many "smoke and mirrors" tactics whispered into the ears of Congress by lobbyist groups such as American Health Insurance Providers, the promise of "even though w...
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Even Biden would be an improvementJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - I don't know if we are at the end of World War II, III or IV, but wherever we are, it is a war. It is not a pleasant way to start a conversation but war has never been p...
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Stop using taxpayers as the way outJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Whether it's the U.S., Cook County, or your local, the problem with government budgeting shortfall and its subsequent quicksand remedies that only serve to bury us taxpa...
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Another option for plantar fascitisJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - As someone who has dealt with chronic plantar fascitis (Health/Fitness, June 8) I had tried everything mentioned in that article with limited success. After having a kid...
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Exercise your right to public informationJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - This Independence Day marks 43 years since the landmark Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was signed into law - yet Americans still believe that our government is secret...