McHenry County Opinion
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Endorsement: Daluga, Lohmeyer, Windon for Barrington village boardFeb 11, 2015 12:00 am - The six candidates for three Barrington village board seats fall firmly into two camps. On the one side, you have incumbents Jim Daluga and Robert Windon and newcomer J...
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Endorsement: Selman, Meroni and Maison for Barrington Hills village boardFeb 11, 2015 12:00 am - Many towns would love to have the problems Barrington Hills has: Protecting a bucolic suburb with more than 6,000 acres of forest preserves, very little violent crime an...
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Durbin's hot-air campaign rhetoric?Jan 29, 2015 5:01 am - The cartoon in the Jan. 15 issue of the Daily Herald reminded me, that when Dick Durbin was running for re-election, he said he was "fighting" for a bill so people could...
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Be prepared for tax increasesJan 27, 2015 12:01 am - 2015 is the year of the tax. As of Jan. 1, thanks to Democrats and our fearless leader we get the following: Top Medicare tax went from 1.45 percent to 2.35 percent; T...
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Police, school cooperation keyJan 25, 2015 12:01 am - According to the ancient African proverb, it takes a village to raise a child. That may be the case, but the truth is it takes a whole lot of solid, caring, compassionat...
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Critics of Big Ten were way off baseJan 24, 2015 12:00 am - In all of my 85 years, I have never read a more ridiculous column than the one written by Barry Rozner about the “terrible” Big Ten Conference. He states that it wouldn...
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We must manage school pensions betterJan 24, 2015 12:00 am - Any balanced vision for the future of suburban schools must look at steady increases in spending and how to control them. These increases are driving up property taxes...
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Editorial: Community's warmth, resolve helps find missing manJan 23, 2015 4:01 am - Tina Leigh didn't know Kyle Cuchna until she met him late Saturday night at a homeless shelter in Wauconda. She didn't know his family either and she didn't become Faceb...
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Editorial: Facts don't support gambling expansionJan 22, 2015 4:01 am - While Pat Quinn was governor, he twice vetoed plans to license more casinos and add slot machines at horse-racing tracks. Now, with Gov. Bruce Rauner installed in Spring...
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Why cite net worth of some, not all politicians?Jan 18, 2015 12:01 am - In the paper last week you printed an Associated Press article by Sara Burnett that labeled Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner as "a multimillionaire businessman." Why? Why no...