McHenry County Opinion
-
Moylan needed to step aside at gameSep 10, 2012 6:37 am - The Maine West football theme on Friday, Aug. 24 was to honor the veterans. Approximately 50 veterans were asked to line up on the field before the game and were applaud...
-
The SoapboxSep 08, 2012 5:00 am - Make a decision: Some may feel the late Bill Mueller was irreplaceable, but surely the Lombard village board can do better than this. After rejecting nominations of four...
-
Apology was not called forSep 07, 2012 12:51 pm - I can’t believe you gave a formal apology to Tammy Duckworth. Is she not considered a tax cheat anymore? She does have CPAs that do her taxes, I would not call it a mis...
-
Sanitary district has broad, diverse missionSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - Recent articles about the North Shore Sanitary District’s (NSSD) annexation procedures and how residents pay for the district’s services painted an incomplete picture of...
-
Read the bill? Perhaps you shouldSep 05, 2012 4:40 am - Steve Morrissey, in his letter to the editor about the Obama health care plan, suggests people should “read the bill” and then gives totally inaccurate statistics that h...
-
They vaccinate horses, don’t they?Sep 05, 2012 4:40 am - Ruth Kramer wrote wanting to know why there is no vaccine for the West Nile virus. Well, there is ... for horses. We live in rural Dundee Township and for the past six y...
-
Editorial: The hopeful signs for workers in 2012Sep 03, 2012 5:00 am - On the day set aside to celebrate the role of working people in American economic life, it can be a little unnerving to contemplate the state of “labor” in 2012. In many...
-
Nothing good about this Dist. 15 budgetSep 03, 2012 4:52 am - How disgusting to read the front page of the Daily Herald on Aug. 9 that the District 15 board was high on the new budget. They are spending $5 million more than they ta...
-
Pressure on Mathias over StoneSep 03, 2012 4:52 am - We were greatly disappointed to hear that state Rep. Sidney Mathias ducked direct questions posed at his Town Hall meeting regarding his collaboration with and support f...
-
Economy above all else in campaignSep 02, 2012 4:40 am - There are many issues in this campaign that have nothing to do with the economy — unemployment, debt, deficit, spiraling entitlement costs and many other important issue...