McHenry County Opinion
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Kirk committed to women, childrenSep 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Tragically, domestic violence is a continuing problem. There are still too many battered women and children who have nowhere to go to escape their abusers. That's why we...
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Seals is allies with worst of old guardSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals, like most politicians this year, is trying to take a page from Barack Obama's playbook and run on a platform of reform and "change." While I'd like to take Mr...
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We don't need more of the sameSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I heard Sara Palin's acceptance speech. She had great speech writers and they did a good job for her. She also did an excellent job of delivering it. Barack Obama's acce...
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Convention bling is off-puttingSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - While Americans are struggling with many different problems, Cindy McCain appears at the convention wearing almost $300,000 worth of jewelry. What better way to empathiz...
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Universal health care not a panaceaSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Recently you published a letter from a lady in Elgin in support of universal health care. Her opening sentence is that every industrialized nation but the U.S. has a sys...
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Teachers' pay demands unreasonableSep 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It shouldn't have come to this. Huntley Unit District 158 teachers struck Monday for the first time after seven months of often arduous discussions - including 40 hours ...
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District 15 class size formula needs workSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to express concern with the large class sizes in several District 15 schools. In my child's school (Lake Louise), each third grade class has 30 or more chil...
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Costs of rail merger will be far greaterSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The Surface Transportation Board's draft Environmental Impact Statement fails to give a realistic picture of the damage that the proposed CN purchase of the EJ&E would b...
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'Democratic view' is not 'news'Sep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - In the midst of news items on sept. 2, the daily herald places an editorial from democrat politician dan hynes. his sophomoric attempt to blame all national challenges a...
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Support Seals in addition to ObamaSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - I listened to Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention and, for the first time since Bush took office, I'm hopeful about the future of our country. Bu...