McHenry County Opinion
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Paying promised pensions is only fairJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - At age 68, I retired from a community college with a pension of $30,000 per year. Many writers of letters to your editor would feel that this is way too much - that in t...
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Thanks for contributionsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The Dundee Township Lions Club held its annual Diabetes Awareness Campaign in West Dundee on May 7 and 8. The club thanks the community for its generous contributions. T...
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Celebrations should make headlinesJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I attended a Mass at St. Gilbert parish and witnessed the 40th anniversary of our priest Father Gene. Humbling, in the midst of all the scandals, to be in the company of...
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Keep chickens out of suburbsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Reading about families keeping chickens and roosters in suburban backyards brought back very bad memories. Several years ago, we were living in an unincorporated area ne...
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Urge governor to veto gambling billJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The Illinois House passed and sent to the governor HB 4927 - a very bad bill. It would make it impossible for the State Gaming Board to regulate who operates some 45,000...
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Don't believe bill won't fund abortionsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Senator Dick Durbin's recent article in the editorial page proudly notes that thousands of Catholic nuns approved the health reform bill because of the safeguards built ...
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Why can't we make immigration work?Jun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - There is much ado about immigrants, illegal or legal. Who is to blame for this mess? We are! It goes back to the Mexican-American war of 1845 when we "won" a large part ...
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It's in our power to end all warsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Man is not wired for war. Newsweek recently featured "War Stories." As a World War II veteran I was stationed at the Newton D. Baker General Hospital in West Virginia. I...
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Yearning for the Bush yearsJun 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Rock star personage can take a president only so far. If truth be told, President Obama is just as ordinary and helpless at times as the rest of us. When will President ...
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Kirk's service record is one of great honorJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - If Mark Kirk were a Democrat, the issue of medals would not be an issue. His opponent for U.S. Senate, Alexi Giannoulias, never served in the military, but managed to gr...