McHenry County Opinion
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The SoapboxApr 14, 2012 1:00 am - Big ray of hope: In a huge suburban sign of economic recovery, developers Dwight and Ruth Yackley are launching a $30 million expansion of their upscale Main Street Prom...
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Recorder’s duties are limitedApr 13, 2012 11:06 am - Lake County Recorder of Deeds Mary Ellen Vanderventer last week wrote a letter to the editor making a public plea for her to keep this Office a separate, elected positio...
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Ignore the phone and vote them outApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - Reader Barry North wrote about his annoyance with political robocalls (Fence Post, April 5), and I’m sure most of us agree with him. But he made two additional points. H...
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Regulations are what protect usApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - Reader Steve Quick (Fence Post, March 26) tells us in no uncertain terms that come November, the South will rise and smite the Yankee federal regulators who have wrecked...
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Justices should stick to constitutional roleApr 13, 2012 5:00 am - What’s wrong with this picture of the American exceptionalism of America’s highest court, its dignity, its scholarship, and its incorruptible nonpartisanship? Listening ...
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Pipeline wouldn’t lower gas pricesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to compliment Mr. Silvio Pontarelli on his restraint in not calling the president a liar about the Keystone pipeline (Fence Post, April 6). However, his lac...
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Blame 3 culprits on high gas pricesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - It never ceases to amaze me when you read the newspaper how nobody is responsible for the price of gas. There are three culprits, and they are 1) company CEOs, 2) Washin...
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Restrict guns to inside homesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - The Constitution was written by generally common-sense farmers and businessmen. The time was after the Revolutionary War when America was invaded by British, French and ...
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News media biases go both waysApr 11, 2012 5:00 am - I would agree with Mr. Jim Slusher that there was nothing particularly wrong with the photos of Rep. Joe Walsh (Letter to Readers column, April 5). He went on to explain...
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Finding the truth still the challengeApr 11, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you for your April 5 column by Jim Slusher, “Is this evidence of a political agenda?” The unrelenting distortion of facts that passes for news at some outlets make...