McHenry County Opinion
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Nursing homes not place for cutbacksFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - During his budget address, Gov. Pat Quinn announced a 6 percent Medicaid budget cut to nursing homes for the upcoming fiscal year, cutting more than $100 million from se...
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School choice would benefit IllinoisFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Empowering parents to choose the best school for their children — whether public or private, regardless of ZIP code — isn’t just the right thing to do. With Illinois str...
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No need to register home-schoolersFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - The home-schoolers who rallied at the Capitol recently, including myself and my daughter, numbered not merely in the hundreds, as reported in the Daily Herald, but in th...
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Shame on U.S. for supporting MubarakFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - You describe Mubarak as a stalwart ally of this country. This ignores the many reports of ruthless treatment of political prisoners, torture and murder, quite apart from...
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Walsh agenda should come as no surpriseFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - In a letter to the editor dated Feb. 13, it was suggested that U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh was not elected to support his radical views. I am confused. Then, why was he elected?...
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Animals deserve our respectFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - The kindness, compassion, love and respect that we show to the critters who don’t have a voice show the kind of human beings we are. They ask for so little and provide s...
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Outsourcing began long before ObamaFeb 26, 2011 11:00 pm - I must answer the letter you printed from Betty Grenda in the Feb. 17 Fence Post. She blames the Obama administration for the loss of jobs, forgetting that the outsourci...
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DuPage anti-bullying efforts can be a modelFeb 26, 2011 11:00 pm - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board As a state task force gets ready to submit a report to the governor and legislature this week on how to address the growing bullying ...
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Don’t use tax dollars for abortionsFeb 26, 2011 11:00 pm - After reading Peggy Simonsen’s opinion on Joe Walsh I couldn’t disagree more. After devoting 15 years of my nursing career to women’s health, this is what I’ve learned: ...
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Learn facts about fire district decisionFeb 26, 2011 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald recently expressed concerns over the Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue District’s decision to create a new fire department. The trustees of the distri...