McHenry County Opinion
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Forte-Scott will fight for our childrenOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The recent campaign for state representative in the 56th district has turned into a nasty attack of lies and deception. I have seen numerous pieces of mail criticizing A...
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Link has special interest in casinoOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - In the Sept. 30 edition of the Daily Herald the article on gambling expansion with the local candidates' positions is incomplete. You noted that Sen. Terry Link "has rep...
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Doesn't trust Duffy on CN questionOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I live in Barrington near the EJ&E railroad tracks. Canadian National wants to buy the EJ&E tracks, and increase traffic to 20 freights a day. That's why I don't plan to...
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Seals is wrong on Social SecurityOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals once again provided unintentional hilarity for me when he claimed that he is now some great defender of Social Security. I just began drawing Social Security b...
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Froehlich betrayed his party, his friendsOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Paul Froehlich used to be the kind of elected official that I looked up to. From my perspective, I wanted to be like Paul Froehlich. When I wanted to become more activel...
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Waller has a proven recordOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I have been a voting resident of Lake County since 1952. I have seen many elected officials come and go during that time period, many of whom served the county with grea...
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Kirk fights wasteful spendingOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to commend Congressman Mark Kirk for holding the line on wasteful spending and pork. Kirk is the only member of the appropriations committee, the Congressio...
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Kirk commended for education fightOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to commend Mark Kirk for his essential work on education for the underprivileged. Impact aid is the money the federal government pays to schools that educat...
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Mailers misleading on abortion issueOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Personal PAC has mailed area voters information based on a blatant lie, appealing to emotions rather than reason or truth. Many Lake County voters received this PAC mail...
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Mailer smeared Congressman KirkOct 31, 2008 11:00 pm - In the past few weeks my mailbox has been flooded by misleading fliers from a group calling itself "Patriot Majority Midwest." The first few peddled the same lie: that M...