McHenry County Opinion
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Ultimately, public must clean up messApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Once again we hear about our friend Todd Stroger, Cook County Board president, who just gave his cousin a 12 percent raise. His cousin's battle cry before the election ...
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Put more emphasis on flood controlApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Is there anyone in the suburbs who isn't ready for spring weather to arrive? Well, maybe. People living near the overflowing Chain O' Lakes and the Fox and Des Plaines r...
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Saturday Soapbox: Homing inApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Potential adopters don't have to pay an adoption fee and adoptees don't have to submit to a bunch of inoculations, but the annual Adopt-a-Cougar program is all about fin...
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Saturday Soapbox: End of an era at CLCApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The Richard Fonte era at College of Lake County is over, and not a moment too soon. Fonte was hired as the college president in December 2006, but lasted only six months...
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Saturday Soapbox: 75 percent of life ust showing upApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Whoever said that might have had Todd Stroger in mind. At Palatine's request, the Cook County Board president has agreed to come to Harper College on April 30 to defend ...
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Saturday Soapbox: Fire chief's sudden departureApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The sudden departure of John Wu as Naperville's fire chief raises all sorts of questions this week as to exactly what happened and why. Rumors, of course, are flying all...
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Transit, water money went elsewhere?Apr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - To the "Transit backers seeking money" mentioned in Joseph Ryan's March 26 article and the Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District mentioned in Josh Stockinger's ...
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Only CN benefits from EJ&E dealApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National's CEO, Hunter Harrison, is sticking with his story -- or not. First, he said his opponents were stupid, too dumb to see the value of 30-plus freight tr...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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High taxes aren't the assessor's faultApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - People do not like property taxes. So when they increase dramatically, as they have in the past eight to 10 years, it is no surprise that the public and politicians runn...