McHenry County Opinion
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Editorial: Rauner veto reinforces local control in Lake CountyAug 21, 2017 11:00 pm - Surprised earlier this year by a state legislative proposal, the Lake County Board created a task force to examine a variety of questions - among them, how the board cha...
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Why do liberal worry about opposing opinions?Aug 17, 2017 1:01 am - The fear and bias of the letter writer in the Aug. 15 paper suggesting you drop Ann Coulter's column is another example of liberal paranoia. Why are liberals so afraid ...
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Editorial: Simple time card could verify pension eligibilityAug 17, 2017 1:00 am - It takes a hard worker to be on the job more than 11 hours a day, seven days a week, every week of the year. Joe Vallez is that guy, affidavits from boards of three sub...
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Tollway fines could settle state debtAug 14, 2017 1:00 am - The article, "Tollway wants higher speeds on I-90," in the July 28 issue struck a sensitive spot in me. I was driving this past Sunday from the northwest suburbs to Ind...
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Uphold constitution on school supportAug 14, 2017 1:00 am - Our state constitution in Article X, Section 1 says that the state has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education. This is the law. This is ...
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Putting a stop to the shenanigansAug 13, 2017 12:01 am - McHenry County taxpayers pay higher property taxes than 99.99 percent of Americans, and that's on top of a permanent income tax increase in a state with almost 7,000 loc...
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Encourage officials to work with TrumpAug 12, 2017 1:00 am - In response to a letter to the editor: "GOP just doesn't care": Again we see in print a "fake headline." This is not a one-man show. But the one man is showing us what h...
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Gun violence is everyone's problemAug 10, 2017 12:01 am - After the shooting at the congressional baseball practice, one of the witnesses commented that he wasn't even safe at a baseball practice. My son, John, an Aurora, Color...
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State not funding fair share of educationAug 07, 2017 12:01 am - Our State Constitution in Article X Section 1 says that the state has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education. This is the law. This is w...
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Editorial: Cook County takes soda-tax fight to dangerous new levelAug 06, 2017 11:00 pm - We would have thought that taking out after citizens who exercised their rights to challenge their government would be an action beneath the standards of Cook County Boa...