McHenry County Opinion
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Let's work numbers in our favorOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I just got a memo, 9/18/09, from Melissa Bean stating the uninsured number for health care to be 45 million. Yesterday on TV, Barack Obama used a number of 30 (million) ...
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Foster has not been hiding from usOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Several people have written regarding Rep. Bill Foster's lack of accessibility to his constituents, and I would just like to tell people that in five months I have twice...
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Details different, but con is sameOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - With today's request by the Obama administration to extend the "Patriot Act," it's hard to see how this administration is any sort of "change" from the last one. 1. Esca...
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In U-46 pay freeze equals pay raiseOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Besides the fact that so many U-46 parents are out of work and struggling, has the school board even thought through these current raises? Teachers and principals are th...
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Don't bash Christians for stand on gaysOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm not asking the Daily Herald to stop printing offensive, Christian-bashing letters like the one from Mr. Stephen Beisiegel. But, I am asking the paper to be fair and ...
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Durbin vote proves his partisan positionOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - To The Hon. Sen. Dick Durbin, Regarding your vote to support funding to ACORN and the July 20 report from U.S. House of Representatives, "On ACORN" by Darrell Issa. Hav...
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We're lucky to have Obama as presidentOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - We voted for Barack Obama because of his desire to break down walls that divide American citizens from each other and from other countries and cultures. He also wants to...
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Electronic violence is child abuseOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to extend a very sincere thank you to St. Charles Unit District 303 schools and the Kane County 16th Judicial Court Services Gang Task Force for sponsoring ...
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Why Olympic vote really shocked DaleyOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Regarding the selection of city for the 2016 Olympic Games, I suspect the Chicago Mayor was shocked the voters of the IOC didn't roll over, as Chicago aldermen do. Metro...
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Some health care rules defy logicOct 09, 2009 11:00 pm - A new one to me about what the health care industry considers a "pre-existing condition:"- spousal abuse. You read that right, spousal abuse. If a spouse is beaten badly...