McHenry County Opinion
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Speed limit increase would bring more deathsJul 13, 2013 5:00 am - In reference to the current proposed speed limit increase, I have to wonder what actual benefits will be revealed. We were led to believe in the 1970s that lowering the ...
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Peeling back the liberal onionJul 13, 2013 4:40 am - Peeling back the liberal onion Most condemning of the IRS documents detailing the intrusive, politically-motivated probing of Tea Party groups calls for focused scr...
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Execs win while taxpayers loseJul 02, 2013 5:00 am - Your editorial on the outrageous generosity of the Metra Board expressed the same outrage and frustration felt by many taxpayers. The free-spending attitude among many g...
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Immigration prompts call to KirkJun 30, 2013 4:40 am - Immigration prompts call to Kirk Have you ever moved? I have. The same is true today as it has been throughout history: people move for a better life for themselves...
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Who's Fighting for Actual People in Washington...Anyone?Jun 28, 2013 11:00 pm - While I have been very pleased with the fact that our congressman, Brad Schneider (IL-10), has been voicing his support for marriage equality and rejoicing over it repea...
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Editorial: Finding lessons in a bureaucratic foul-upJun 25, 2013 8:16 am - There is something instructive in the fix in which Kane County finds itself over more than 1,000 DUI convictions that were not properly reported to state authorities. Pr...
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Too little being done about Wooster LakeJun 24, 2013 5:00 am - Yet another year has again gone by, making it 10 years since Lakes Management headed by now-Director Mike Adam of Lake County Health Department recorded extreme levels o...
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Exclusive attitudes go both waysJun 23, 2013 5:00 am - Interesting article recently about Elizabeth Vesto’s mission to begin a local Navigators USA chapter (an alternative to the Boy Scouts of America). Vesto and her family ...
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The SoapboxJun 22, 2013 2:24 pm - Death-and-taxes conundrum: In an ashtray-half-full/half-empty way, the state of Illinois this week lamented making $138 million less than expected on the $1-a-pack cigar...
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The SoapboxJun 22, 2013 5:00 am - The Great Debate: It’s fun to hear fans debate whether the 2013 Blackhawks season was more impressive than the 1985 Chicago Bears, or the 72-win season by Michael Jorda...