Wheeling Opinion
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Raising taxes was right thing to doJan 27, 2011 12:00 am - With our state the topic of national news shows for our $17 billion debt, finally the adults showed up in Springfield. Our state income tax has been too low for de...
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Don't try Bianchi — or pay for itJan 25, 2011 10:00 pm - The McHenry County Board has agreed to pay $221,476 for legal services provided by a special prosecutor. It is my understanding that an appellate prosecutor was already ...
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Nothing easy about comparing pensionsJan 25, 2011 10:00 pm - Kudos to the Herald for attempting to look at the pension issue as it is front and center in Springfield. But picking on individual recipients smacks of politics. Clearl...
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Keep eyes wide open in a pet adoptionJan 25, 2011 10:00 pm - A local pet adoption business recently had a dog named Boo available for adoption. A potential home for Boo was found, a wonderful couple in Inverness. The foster parent...
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End government 'of the select'Jan 25, 2011 10:00 pm - Thanks to the many past and present self-serving members of Congress and other government officials, what used to be a government “of the people, by the people, for the ...
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Don’t make political hay out of shootingJan 25, 2011 12:00 am - In regard to Tim Schmidgall’s Fence Post Jan. 19, please provide your facts regarding your comment of “certain groups have been spreading lies, and hate,” which lead to ...
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Civil War indeed centered on slaveryJan 25, 2011 12:00 am - On Jan. 2, letter writer Steve Quick attempted to say that the Civil War (or, as he probably calls it, The War of Northern Aggression) was not about slavery by using sel...
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Responsibility must attend free speechJan 25, 2011 12:00 am - A few months ago I received via e-mail a collection of very embarrassing photos of first lady Michelle Obama. Everyone knows that even the most glamorous movie star can ...
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Too many barriers hinder aid to HaitiJan 25, 2011 12:00 am - A 1992 graduate of Elk Grove High School, I was proud to read Jamie Sotonoff’s “Elk Grove mom’s ‘little project’ saves thousands in Haiti” (Dec. 19). Now a professor at ...
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Thanks, legislators, for your ‘integrity’Jan 25, 2011 12:00 am - I would like to thank Pat Quinn, Michael Madigan and John Cullerton for their great work in passing a massive tax hike in the middle of the night to save our state from ...