McHenry County Opinion
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Blocking contraception plan unfair to womenApr 05, 2012 5:53 am - The League of Women Voters has supported access to universal, quality health care since 1993. The league is also committed to public policy that respects the rights of i...
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Court must reject health care lawApr 05, 2012 5:00 am - Concerning the current federal judicial review of the health care law: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the St...
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It’s the citizens who know bestApr 05, 2012 5:00 am - I am responding to the March 27 letter by Robert Parker. His ideas reflect the wisdom he has found after living 79 years on the planet. He outlined a seven-point plan to...
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Finally, some peace from the robocallsApr 05, 2012 5:00 am - The annoying phone calls finally stopped. They called all hours of the day, wanting you to vote for their candidate. You can’t tell them to stop calling because there is...
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Endorsements show paper’s true colorsApr 05, 2012 5:00 am - Once again your newspaper disappoints with regard to your most recent endorsements. How you can claim to be centrist while endorsing Jan Schakowsky and Tammy Duckworth g...
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Your chance to scrutinize townshipsApr 05, 2012 5:00 am - Anyone who’s been to a school board or city council meeting knows the drill: People in the audience get to comment on an issue, then the board votes. It’s not often that...
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Paper-ballot problems not a firstApr 05, 2012 1:00 am - As an Aurora election judge volunteer, my precinct was one of the many dealing with the wrong-sized-paper-ballot issue during the March 20 primary. It was disruptive and...
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Press, journalists on progressives’ sideApr 04, 2012 5:00 am - Where are all the alarmists? Oh yeah, they all went to Florida. Murder statistics click up every month in Chicago, but the professional alarmists need to get down to whe...
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Act quickly on insurance exchangesApr 04, 2012 5:00 am - The time is now for the General Assembly to develop a plan to implement the 2010 federal health care reform law in Illinois. Each state should implement its own plan. Il...
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Show that you care about our airApr 03, 2012 5:00 am - Science and research proved decades ago that pollution ingested in humans and animals causes a myriad of medical disorders and diseases that can be prevented by changing...