McHenry County Opinion
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Taxes no substitute for good parentingSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - In the Aug. 22 Daily Herald article, "A civil-rights approach," Chicago Urban League's Sharon Jones is quoted a saying: "There's a history of housing segregation in Illi...
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Mayor Bloomberg's Kirk endorsementSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is an excellent and remarkably nonpartisan, public servant. Both John McCain and Barack Obama considered him as a possible vice pre...
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Why didn't priest get as much time?Sep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Let's see, according to an AP report on Aug. 23, this guy Vargas gets a 35-year sentence for sexually abusing kids, but Daniel McCormack was sentenced to only five years...
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Don't miss this year's Freedom FestSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Freedom Festival is this Saturday Sept. 6 in downtown Barrington. We want to thank the organizers at We-Do-Care.org for bringing the gift of honor, tradition and history...
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Presidents don't affect every jobSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - In reply to Mr. Stastny (Fence Post, Aug. 29), as an atypical Republican speaking for myself, I am not better off than I was under big Bill Clinton's presidency. Unfort...
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Two major issues left unmentionedSep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Your uninspiring open letter to Barack Obama in the Thursday edition of the Daily Herald raised a number of obvious questions and ended with a somewhat nebulous call to ...
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Honored Kirk is helping IsraelAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Iran's saber-rattling has been downright terrifying lately. The terrorist state recently tested a new class of missile that is capable of hitting Israel. A Shahab-3 miss...
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Kirk helps protect precious resourceAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Lake Michigan is the single largest supply of freshwater in the world. It provides drinking water to most of the Chicago area and is a beautiful, integral part of our co...
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Rail deal threatens Barrington's waterAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The ramifications of the acquisition of the EJ&E by Canadian National Railway are devastating. People in the Barrington area are 100 percent dependent on shallow ground...
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Kirk's pay equity vote misunderstoodAug 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Congressman Mark Kirk has been criticized unfairly over the last couple of days and it's time to set the record straight. Dan Seals has organized a negative letter to t...