McHenry County Opinion
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Insider politics by McHenry Democrats?Aug 09, 2016 1:01 am - By now everybody is familiar with "super delegates". In the presidential election about 15 percent of the total delegates in the Democratic Party are these unelected "su...
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Teacher pay grid bad for taxpayersAug 09, 2016 1:00 am - Jake Griffin's article on taxpayers covering teachers' college costs reveals just the tip of this iceberg sized problem for taxpayers. How could so many school boar...
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Respect all board membersAug 05, 2016 1:00 am - To Wheeling Village President Dean Argiris - "The girls ..."? What, are the two female board members 12 years old? Are you suggesting that these "two members of the boar...
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Walkup should be ashamed of taking pensionAug 04, 2016 1:00 am - County Board Chairman candidate Michael Walkup needs to be walked out of public office for signing up for a full-time pension and health care for a part-time job. At the...
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Senator, representative bridged divide for veteransAug 01, 2016 1:00 am - Kudos to state Sen. Pam Althoff and state Rep. Jack Franks for their law to help National Guard members and reservists obtain driver's licenses identifying them as veter...
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Attacks against Franks are laughableJul 31, 2016 1:00 am - The good old boy attacks in State Representative Jack Franks are laughable. They call Jack a "liar" because he changed his mind and decided to run for McHenry County Boa...
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France, world must get real on terrorJul 29, 2016 1:00 am - Speaking at the scene of the attack in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray recently, Frency President Francois Hollande said the terror group had declared war on France. He added...
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Franks tax levy cut plan a shell game?Jul 29, 2016 1:00 am - The shell games of Chicago and Springfield will infiltrate McHenry County if Jack Franks is elected to county chair. In 2014 Franks was quoted saying "I can promise I'm ...
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Courts have power to help - or hurt - stateJul 27, 2016 1:00 am - I've been selling homes in Lake County for 28 years. In recent years, I've noticed that every retiree whose home I list is moving out of Illinois. In years past, they w...
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Time for change in state legislatureJul 26, 2016 1:00 am - I've lived in Illinois for the past 45 years and the state has been a disaster insofar as a budget is concerned. It seems to me that it makes no big difference who we ha...