McHenry County Opinion
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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...
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Story helped elevate women veteransNov 14, 2015 12:00 am - Thinking of my previous letter that was published in the Herald in August, I realize that I haven't fully thanked the wonderful people involved - such as Doug Graham, re...
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Nation will feel wrath of ObamacareNov 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Regarding Mike Simon's letter concerning a lemon law for Obamacare ... Amen! I am self-insured also. For 15 years I had affordable BCBS health insurance. I had dental an...
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Get past mindset of 1700s on gunsNov 11, 2015 11:00 pm - I read a post in your Letter to the Editor section on Nov. 1 where the writer was comparing deaths related to automobile accidents to deaths committed in gun shootings. ...
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County employees shouldn't get free dental, exerciseNov 08, 2015 7:11 am - I was shocked when I read Jake Griffin's column of how Lake County pays it's employees with tax money to exercise and even go to the dentist. (Do the county's employees ...
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Power of PACs key to longevity in CongressNov 07, 2015 12:00 am - Re: Your recent letter from Mark Garrity regarding how Peter Roskam epitomizes the situation in Congress. It would be wonderful if we could start again, after firing eve...