McHenry County Opinion
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Vigorous defense of freedoms by college presidentOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Given the heat of the debate and the edginess of the rhetoric on illegal immigration, it isn't often we can unequivocally say it resulted in a lot of people "doing the r...
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Writer's contentions wrong in letterOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald printed a letter to the editor on Oct. 19 from Robert Allare. Included was this statement, which is factually false: "At a recent board meeting, the fac...
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War profiteering at heart of meetingOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Corporations that profit from the war economy -- Lockheed-Martin (weapons), Halliburton and Bechtel (infrastructure) and Blackwater (security) -- contribute millions of ...
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Taylor's story is a gift to readersOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald is my hero today. Your decision to run Taylor Radtke's story on the first page and keep it in front of the public each day, resulted in giving the girl ...
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Is this a misprint, or is it for real?Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: I moved into Streamwood last spring. One of the reasons for picking this area was the moderate property taxes. Can anyone explain to the public how a U-4...
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Mismanagement is the real problemOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The county board is being asked to vote to dismantle the county forest preserve toboggan slides. Based on personal observation of the Deer Grove toboggan slide operation...
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Children need health-care accessOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - By vetoing the most recent health care bill, President Bush has denied millions of low-income children access to much-needed health care. Over the last 10 years, the chi...
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Schools reacting well to staph issuesOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The numbers are frightening. And hitting too close to home -- in our children's schools. But it's heartening to see that school and health officials -- along with parent...
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Let private groups take stadium risksOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald favors McHenry County College's plan to build a minor league baseball stadium as part of a planned expansion ("MCC expansion plan worth second look," Oc...
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Liberals suffering a bad case of amnesiaOct 26, 2007 11:00 pm - I find it amazing that you would even print such a letter as the one by Pat and Joel Smith on Oct. 21. Their premise was "Bush's unnecessary attack on Iraq was a colossa...