McHenry County Opinion
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Don’t spend unless it’s an emergencyJan 14, 2011 6:00 am - St. Charles voters as well as state and national voters need to become more active with the pending serious financial bombshells that made the news in December. On “60 M...
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Tax increase drives business outJan 14, 2011 6:00 am - Dear Gov. Quinn and other state lawmakers: I am the owner of a small company in Dundee Township that has been in business for 11 years. We sell absorbents and environmen...
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Small price to preserve natureJan 14, 2011 6:00 am - Having seen the article about a proposed referendum so the Kane County Forest Preserve District would be able to buy up more land while it is so cheap seems like such an...
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Tax vote showed lack of courageJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - So, the Illinois legislature and governor decided to raise state income taxes 67 percent during the lame-duck session. This must be one of the largest state income tax i...
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Process is problem with death penaltyJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - People on death row are not there for stealing cookies from the Girl Scouts. The parameters for the death penalty are clear. Those opposed to it should work on that part...
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Give attention to failing infrastructureJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - President Obama declared December Critical Infrastructure Protection Month to call attention to an issue that has a real and direct impact on all of us. Unnoticed by man...
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Don't let tyrants ruin IllinoisJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - I keep hearing about good citizens of Illinois who are fed up with their government threatening to move out of state because of the latest bag over the taxpayers' head: ...
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Government, not workers, caused pension problemJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - With all the current debate about altering teacher pensions, and those of other civil servants, I must mention that retiring teachers in Illinois forfeit their social se...
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Christians in Iraq only want peaceJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - Christians in Iraq only want peace As Moses said to the Egyptians: “Let my people go.” I am asking this: “Give my people a place to go.” Do the Assyrian Christians...
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Life sentence too lenient for killersJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - Even though I understand the role of a public defender, I am horrified that Cook County assistant public defender Jim Mullenix had the gall to say, I was pleased by the ...