McHenry County Opinion
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Congress, 10th District: SealsOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Voters in the 10th Congressional District benefit from a rare and refreshing phenomenon: They get to choose between two articulate and eminently qualified candidates in ...
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Sign etiquette a deciding factorOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I do not yet know who will get my vote for the current election. What I can say is that as I watch the lack of etiquette surrounding political signage around Kane County...
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Congress, 9th District: PollakOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Democrat Jan Schakowsky of Evanston has represented the 9th Congressional District, which includes part of Des Plaines, for 12 years. For the first time in our memory, s...
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Congress, 14th District: FosterOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - In the major parties, residents of the 14th Congressional District have two strong-willed, decent human beings that want to represent them in Congress. In just his first...
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Seals distorts Dold abortion stanceOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - As a lifelong Democrat and supporter of Mark Kirk, I am outraged and disgusted at the latest attempt by the Dan Seals campaign to distort Robert Dold's support of a woma...
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Library should be user-fee basedOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - So the St. Charles library wants $35 million in taxpayer money to build a new library. Where is their vision? With the advent of computers and e-books, the library of th...
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Just tell us what you'll do if electedOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Yes, I'm a registered voter here in Cook County, and I do not approve the media ads for the slate of candidates. The personal attack ads and the mudslinging speak volume...
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Vote Walsh and against high taxesOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The Democrats give lip service to continuing the Bush tax cuts, but not for the hated “rich," but only after the election. Of course, if they sit on their hands and do n...
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A somber plea for Halloween decoratorsOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I lost my 19-year-old son Skyler to suicide on April 16, 2004. He lost his agonizing battle with depression and hanged himself in his grandfather's garage. When suicide ...
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Leave kids' choices of books to parentsOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to Arlene Sawicki's letter suggesting that books should be banned to keep inappropriate content from children. Of course, the American Library Associ...