McHenry County Opinion
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Editorial: Duckworth, Walsh and the politics of gotchaJul 08, 2012 5:00 am - Permit us, please, to make this nonpartisan observation about the 8th District Congressional race between Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry and Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estate...
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Ethics law would bring taxes downJul 08, 2012 4:40 am - Recently, I received my property tax bill, and like everyone else, I was shocked and disgusted by the fact that my property values had gone done by 30 percent and my tax...
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As Christianity goes, so goes governmentJul 08, 2012 4:40 am - The following was written by Jedediah Morse in 1799. Morse, a minister, was keenly interested in geography and earned the informal title of the “father of geography” in ...
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The difference with today’s immigrationJul 07, 2012 4:40 am - Quoting your June 27 article, “Golfview elementary school has received a grant for more bilingual books for the library and the grant will not only help students, but pa...
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Tea party is far from deadJul 07, 2012 4:40 am - June 5 saw Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly crush an $18 million recall referendum bent upon destroying a principled governor in an awesome display of the omnipotence of ...
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You’re unique, just like everyone elseJul 05, 2012 4:40 am - If you are reading this letter, you are most likely one of the well-informed of David McCullough Jr.’s now viral Wellesley High School commencement speech, “You Are Not ...
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Illinois should show compassionJul 03, 2012 4:40 am - As our elected officials try to figure out what to do about the medical cannabis issue, people in our families, neighborhoods and communities are suffering with health p...
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Yates tells her voters to keep the faithJul 02, 2012 5:15 am - Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the citizens who voted for me in the primary, all 6,000 of you. What a wonderful thing you did for me and I am sorry I let y...
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The SoapboxJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - Good call: Kudos to Rob Sherman for calling attention to a move by the Buffalo Grove village board to almost double water rates. On the agenda, the item was listed as a ...
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Get to know Bill FosterJun 29, 2012 4:40 am - It’s unfortunate that Stephen DeFillippis in his June 23 letter to the editor has formed an opinion about Bill Foster based on a brief article in the Daily Herald. If he...