McHenry County Opinion
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Tea party should focus on stuff that really mattersFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - In Tuesday's paper there was an article by Kimberly Pohl regarding the purchase of clothing for the newly elected officials in Palatine. Apparently Craig Mijares, a Pala...
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Keep snow off of disabled parking spots in SchaumburgFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It seems we forget about our disabled friends when it come to snow removal. People who plow parking lots push the snow into piles in the lots and it seems that the disab...
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Watching storm from his Schaumburg windowFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It is Feb. 2 at 2 a.m., and like hundreds of thousands of people in Cook County I am looking at the weather out the window. My health isn't what it used to be and I drea...
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Walsh out of touch with his districtFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Walsh out of touch with his district No one who voted for Joe Walsh did so to allow him to waste time and tax dollars trying to redefine rape. His socially moderate...
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Guns do protect law-abiding citizensFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Guns do protect law-abiding citizens This is in response to Burt Constable’s Jan 11 column in the Herald, “2nd Amendment and guns fail to protect us.” I can tell it...
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Health care repeal is anti-AmericanFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - The Affordable Care Act must not be repealed. Any Republican who supports repeal of this act is anti-American. American citizens need health care coverage. The Republica...
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Distraction is the safety issue in photoFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Distraction is the safety issue in photo The front page photo that ran Feb. 9. It states a Schaumburg man “is forced to walk on Northwest Highway in Arlington Heigh...
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The courage to back freedom's callFeb 11, 2011 10:00 pm - When the news spread Friday that millions of pro-democracy protesters had forced the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, it sent shock waves throughout the Middle East. Bu...
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Less criticism, more solutionsFeb 11, 2011 12:00 am - In his column printed Jan. 28, Cal Thomas criticized the State of the Union speech as expected. The theme of his comments was the speech did not hide the president’s lib...
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Politicians don’t listenFeb 11, 2011 12:00 am - Last week I wrote my senators asking them to vote down the effort to repeal the health care bill. I received electronic responses telling me they would get back to me. W...