McHenry County Opinion
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Ugly comments have no place in debateMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - My day started by finding several e-mails that were blatantly racist attempts to tear down President Obama. The worst of these actually included pornographic pictures th...
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Idea to trim state budgetMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - To the Illinois General Assembly and Gov. Quinn: I am concerned about your handling of the state's budget. Once again, even under Gov. Quinn's control, we have an unbala...
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Spill tells us to re-evaluateMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - "Let's just put a lid on it," one BP executive says to another, "put a lid on this bad publicity, the millions of dollars being lost, the millions of gallons of oil bein...
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FCC changes only fix an old messMay 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Your article on Saturday, May 22 says that the big mean FCC is forcing schools, etc. to replace their wireless microphones. Please note that wireless microphones that us...
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Fund established to bring soldier homeMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - On July 8, 2006 a brave young man from Rapid River, Mich. in Michigan's upper peninsula gave his life while serving in the Army in Ramadi, Iraq. He, along with two of hi...
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Barrington LWV at risk without helpMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - In 2010, the national League of Women Voters celebrated 90 years of service to democracy, a remarkable record of effort on behalf of our civil society. Here in Barringto...
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Preserve summertime in the suburbsMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - It's an idyllic American scene: Families grouped on blankets in the park on the Fourth of July, picnicking on snacks from local vendors, listening to a municipal band wh...
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Barrington Lions pleased with recent screeningMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - On behalf of the Barrington Lions Club I would like to publicly thank everyone who made our Hearing Screening such a success on May 15th -- starting with Anne Garrette a...
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Dist. 220 correct to eject nonresidentsMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The headline on Thursday's Herald was "Dist. 220 to tell 6 students they must go." This was the right action for board members to take. When kids live outside school dis...
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Conant students trying to revitalize forestMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I was more than a bit concerned when I read the letter on deforestation in Park St. Claire. It shocked and moved me - not to stop the project, but to educate the uninfor...