McHenry County Opinion
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District 158 doing good jobApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - District 158 has received an award from the Illinois State Board of Education for its sound financial planning! With so many false and negative accusations that have bee...
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No-show Stroger's disdain for suburbsApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Well, wouldn't you know it. We were just about to say something nice about Cook County Board President Todd Stroger. In fact, we already had in an earlier draft of this ...
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CN is railroading all of us over EJ&EApr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - CN is railroading us. As a professional truck driver, I'm amazed by how naive residents are along the Wisconsin Central line about Canadian National's proposed takeover ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Horse senseApr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - If the 2016 Olympics come to Chicago, you won't find the equestrian events in a Lake County forest preserve. The forest preserve idea has been dropped in favor of stagin...
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Saturday Soapbox: Garbage, garbage everywhereApr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Another great Chef's Fest was held at Arlington Park this past week; it's always one of the best fundraisers around and the food can't be beat. What can be beat, however...
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Saturday Soapbox: Entertaining or embarrassing?Apr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The New York Times last year gave the nation at large a glimpse into the immigration debate that had been strangling Carpentersville. And now, with a few keystrokes, you...
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Just what kind of change, Obama?Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Sen. Barack Obama keeps calling for change, but I have yet to hear how or what. Like it or not, he is also part of the system in Washington, D.C. If he is and has been s...
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Let the people vote on recall measureApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Earlier this month, we used this space to express our measured support of a recall amendment to the Illinois Constitution that has been proposed by state Rep. Jack Frank...
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How, exactly, do we make such demands?Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - How do we, the people, demand? Your editorial rebuke, "Until they (the public) demand -- and public servants of character deliver -- proof of how the rules are being ch...
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Why no effort to save cougar?Apr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to comment on the killing of the cougar in Chicago. I am very surprised that no one has said anything about it. I would have thought that some animal group ...