McHenry County Opinion
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Town-size embassy deserves concernJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - Regarding the summertime music from Dock's in Wauconda, I have to drive five hours to my Michigan rustic retreat for that pleasure. If you're lucky enough to live on the...
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Quinn's record on jobs abysmalJun 17, 2014 5:01 am - Here we go again with more Democratic doozies. The governor's spokeswoman on June 8 said: "Unemployment is at its lowest point in more than five years. More people are w...
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Barrington Hills pickup a big successJun 16, 2014 5:01 am - One of our village's central corridors, County Line Road (aka Lake/Cook Road), had its Earth Week Spring Trash Pick- Up on April 26. Our small but sturdy crew (some of B...
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Rise up to fight water rate hikeJun 15, 2014 1:01 am - To the residents of Island Lake, Port Barrington, and Lakemoor, I urge you to open your eyes to the 40.2 percent increase the NMWRD board has done to all homes in these ...
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Editorial: Protecting your kids from others, themselvesJun 13, 2014 1:01 am - Technology has a way of complicating, as well as simplifying, our lives. Our parents - and now we - look wistfully upon the simpler times of our youth, when there were f...
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Is this really a fair tax amendment?Jun 13, 2014 12:01 am - Is this really a fair tax amendment? Illinois Democrats are pushing the Fair Tax amendment as the path to a tax decrease for more than 90 percent of households. But...
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Editorial: Creating a bike culture in the suburbsJun 11, 2014 5:01 am - Will the suburbs change from a car-dominated culture anytime soon? Highly unlikely. But suburban officials can make significant changes to accommodate and encourage the ...
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Look to nearby states on income taxJun 11, 2014 12:01 am - Look to nearby states on income tax Not sure why our news people do not break out facts about the Illinois income tax and how it compares to surrounding states. At ...
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Bring back Garry Meier, WGNJun 11, 2014 12:01 am - Bring back Garry Meier, WGN WGN-AM720 radio is receiving many negative comments and a backlash of angry listeners, due to the abrupt removal of their successful dri...
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Some superintendents pensions very sweetJun 10, 2014 5:01 am - I read an article by Tax Watchdog Jake Griffin in the paper on May 21. I learned that Superintendent Loren May, who leads a small elementary district in Glendale Heights...