McHenry County Opinion
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Daley machine won't be missedSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - The machine finally falls. Since I was old enough to vote, the city of Chicago was under control of the Daleys - and a few others between times. His father was a good te...
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Print better opposing viewsSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I had to read the Sept. 14 Fence Post letter by Helen Clark of Algonquin three times before I could make any sense at all of her assertion that the "foreigners" living h...
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Health insurance remains elusiveSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I am writing this to express my disappointment in health insurance. I was recently laid off last February. I have been employed on a temporary basis since June, but with...
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Here's why people vote RepublicanSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I often wonder how members of the political right can cling to their beliefs in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Some 41 percent of Republicans believe...
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Keep the country moving forwardSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Most Americans are frustrated but not ignorant (unless you count the "Obama is a Muslim" and the birther fringes), but they do tend to have a rather short attention span...
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Kirk's background needed in SenateSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - As someone who met Mark Kirk during his first campaign for Congress, I've been proud to support him then and in every election since. Mark has been a leader on fiscal i...
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No bathrooms in Fox River Grove public works garage?Sep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - I live in Fox River Grove and the brain trust sinking the village have reached a new low. In less than two weeks, three of the brain trust want to approve a public works...
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Kirk would help restore balanceSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - A vote for Mark Kirk for U.S. Senate is a vote for the return of the two-party system in the United States and in Illinois, a state that has been marked by the corruptio...
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Work together now for a stronger futureSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - What we Americans need, in these crisis times, to make better voting decisions at the polls soon in November: critical thinking, listening, reading and demanding truth i...
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Kirk is not a true fiscal conservativeSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Mark Kirk has consistently promoted himself as a fiscal conservative. However, his voting record does not back up that claim. His votes for the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and...