McHenry County Opinion
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Lawmakers should be held accountableMay 07, 2010 11:00 pm - State law requires the governor to submit, and lawmakers to pass, a balanced budget each year. If lawmakers have been doing their job, Illinois would not be in the finan...
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Pension series lacked balanceMay 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Although it is an issue that needs to be discussed, as a retired teacher I am dismayed at your headlines this week that lead the public to believe that all Illinois teac...
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Immigration law aims to preserve libertyMay 07, 2010 11:00 pm - With all the ballyhoo about the new law in Arizona the ever-familiar ring of prejudice has struck again in our country. I have heard there are more immigrants leaving th...
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'Health care' leads to controlMay 07, 2010 11:00 pm - I challenge all Democrats, Mr. Foster and President Obama to answer this question: Does having health care guarantee that everyone will receive all of the medical care o...
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Cost of gas only starts at pumpMay 07, 2010 11:00 pm - You know that really cute commercial that shows all the types of energy available to us - wind, solar, natural gas, coal and oil - and then it goes on to say that oil is...
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Teachers must give like the rest of usMay 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Every day I hear or read about some organization asking for a tax increase for education. Of course they don't call it a tax increase, they call it education funding. If...
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Don't blame free marketMay 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The free market is dying. It is sad to see what is happening to this great economic engine that is America. This country is the most prosperous and productive society on...
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Lesson in ordnanceMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - In reply to Gus Gustafson's letter, "No one in U.S. should have an AK-47," having been around firearms, having had law enforcement experience, I can say there are a few ...
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Racial profiling is not new to AmericaMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Profiling is, was, and always will be. Sometimes we may like it and other times not. Every business in this country profiles its customers. It may be called segmenting, ...
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Willing to play teacher for a dayMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I wholeheartedly agree with the May 1st Fence Post from Sharon Klay. Do a story about the life of a teacher. I agree with her suggestion for folks "to walk in a teacher'...