McHenry County Opinion
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O'Hare victim of political hacksNov 28, 2015 12:00 am - O'Hare victim of political hacks Wednesday's unmitigated air travel disaster at O'Hare International Airport, six hour delays and countless hundreds of flight cance...
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Does Statue still epitomize freedom?Nov 26, 2015 12:00 am - Is this what America is about? In that case, maybe the right thing to do is to return the Statue of Liberty to the French since it no longer epitomizes the meaning of Am...
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Editorial: 'Puffy' helmets an idea worth pursuingNov 25, 2015 5:00 am - Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of St. Edward Central Catholic High School Mike Rolando. It's like a scene out of the old Seinf...
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Beware 'the crowded path' judging GliniewiczNov 25, 2015 12:00 am - I read the front page of the Sunday, Nov. 22, Daily Herald with disgust. Filenko disgusts me as well as your staff writers, but as we all know the truth is not what sell...
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Tax increases are wrong for Cook CountyNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Last Wednesday, the Cook County Board passed its 2016 budget, which is balanced by over half a billion dollars in new taxes. I voted NO. Next year, you will pay more to ...
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Men and women make up CongressNov 23, 2015 11:00 pm - This is in reply to the Nov. 5 letter, "What if men were having babies." The writer does not provide reliable facts and sources of information to substantiate her statem...
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Puffy helmets make life safer for young athletesNov 22, 2015 6:00 am - The news, as I recall it, didn't create stop-and-take-notice headlines throughout Illinois. State legislators this summer made it law that virtually all schools where sp...
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Holding the line on Kane County taxesNov 21, 2015 11:00 pm - As Kane County Board chairman, I would like to thank each member of the county board and each commissioner of the forest preserve who once again voted to freeze the prop...
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Slowly, things are looking up in Fox LakeNov 19, 2015 4:15 am - When something like the tragic death of Fox Lake Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz happens, ancillary damage gets flung out, like shrapnel, from the point of impact. Among t...
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Editorial: Gliniewicz proves value of financial oversightNov 17, 2015 12:00 am - Revelations that Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz killed himself and his criminal activities landed with a sickening thud two weeks ago and are still sendin...