McHenry County Opinion
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Teachers need dose of realityMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The May 8 Daily Herald had a front-page article regarding upcoming teachers' contracts set to expire within the next year. As an overburdened taxpayer, I'd like to remin...
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Clean Energy Bill must be adoptedMay 22, 2009 11:00 pm - I want to praise the U.S. Green Building Council's Chicago chapter for paying to retrofit three schools in Illinois to make them sustainable buildings. According to Nico...
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Israeli influence needs close lookMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - If ever there was a country that should attend the U.N. conference on racism, it is the United States of America. Yet the administration is boycotting it, "with regret" ...
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Abortion bill is bad, not misunderstoodMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - On April 19th Julie Sass wrote an article entitled "Abortion Bill is Misunderstood."Let the record be clear that both the Illinois House of Representatives and the peopl...
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Improve treatment of brain disordersMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - May is Mental Health month. It's time for us to improve the way treatment is provided. Each day we read articles telling us of local tragedies caused by mentally ill per...
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Sympathetic with St. Sabina'sMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I fully support St. Sabina's parish in flying their flag upside down to indicate severe distress. I totally agree that the situation of youths being shot in Chicago is t...
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Gay marriage is a state issueMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Please, Mr. Finnegan, read the opinions of the Supreme Court of Iowa and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts before commenting and providing misleading informati...
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Automatic raise for lawmakers? Why?!May 21, 2009 11:00 pm - State lawmakers are getting a 2.8% cost of living pay increase. It's automatic. First of all, the question is: how many people in the nonunion private sector get an "aut...
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Cap and Trade will hurt taxpayersMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - The House of Representatives plans to pass Cap and Trade legislation by the end of May. According to the Tax Foundation, the bottom 20% of income earners would pay the m...
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This isn't the red tape we want to cutMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Advocates don't pause when asked what Red Tape Cutters means in a state beset with budget woes, layoffs, and the grim reality of a growing number of foreclosures. They s...