McHenry County Opinion
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Irish were friends from dawn of nationFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - February is the month we honor the memory of our first President. It is appropriate to remember some of George Washington’s words. These are some he spoke in gratitude. ...
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More funds needed to aid mentally illFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - The remembrance of the Northern Illinois University’s shooting tragedy’s third anniversary was most appropriate in that we must not forget the basic cause of that event ...
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Women need access to safe abortionFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - The tragic Philadelphia story where a doctor provided illegal, inhumane and dangerous abortion procedures in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods only highlights the ...
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District leaders not putting kids firstFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - In the Feb. 16 Daily Herald, the spokesman for Maine Township High School District 207, Mr. Dave Berry, stated “it’s difficult to know if the assumptions are going to be...
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Focus on proposals that benefit allFeb 20, 2011 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald recently published a list of 46 suburban leaders and what their priorities are for this year. I’m sorry to say that many of these politicians don’t have...
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We did it in WWII; we can do it againFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - The governor of New Jersey is advertising in Chicago, insisting business owners move their companies to New Jersey because it isn’t as heavy a state regarding company ta...
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The diversity in our neighborhoodsFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - The numbers tell a dramatic story. In DuPage County, the white population has actually fallen in the past 10 years, a decline of 6 percent, according to the U.S. Census ...
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Instead of repeal, revise, improveFeb 20, 2011 12:00 am - My adult daughter has celiac disease. If the Affordable Care Act is repealed, heaven forbid she should lose her job and be forced into the individual health insurance ma...
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Schaumburg: Think big, think very bigFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - Build it, they will come. Schaumburg could use a domed ballpark, an Astro Dome. We could lease it out on rain days to the Cubs or Sox, have concerts. Let's do something ...
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EGV did admirable job clearing streetsFeb 19, 2011 10:00 pm - I would like to disagree with the recent letter in Fencepost from Deb Jones of Round Lake concerning the snow removal in Elk Grove Village. I am a resident of the west s...