Local Politics
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Lake District 20 candidates differ on bringing jobs, property tax reliefOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Candidates running for the Lake County Board District 20 seat have very different takes on what the county should do to promote job growth in the current economy. Four-t...
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State's attorney candidates trade barbs over police relationshipsOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Stung by criticism his office received earlier this year from law enforcement groups and even a former supporter, Sheriff Keith Nygren, McHenry County State's Attorney L...
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Property tax an issue in Lake County District 6Oct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Both candidates for the Lake County Board's 6th District seat agree rising property assessments in the face of declining home values are a problem. And though both incum...
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Yard signs no sign of qualificationsOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The number of yard signs for the upcoming judicial race is astounding. Is this, however, the best way to judge a candidate? When it comes to the office of judge, experi...
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Nursing home deaths become political fodder in coroner's raceOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - What happened to residents of a McHenry County nursing home who died under suspicious circumstances in 2006, and whether a nurse intentionally killed them, is now a matt...
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Pick Golden for circuit court judgeOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - I have read John Noverini's literature. I disagree with some of his statements such as his fairness and ethical integrity. When he was chairman of the Dundee Township Re...
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Kane candidates share views on county campus consolidationOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Come Tuesday Nov. 4, near-west Elgin area voters have a choice between a three-term Republican or an upstart Democrat to represent them on the Kane County Board. GOP nom...
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Lake Co. board candidates debate wisdom of $23 million county facilityOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Former Grayslake mayor Pat Carey says Lake County Board member Terese Douglass made a poor decision when she voted to approve $23 million for a centralized Lake County F...
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Circuit court clerk candidate says computer system is outdatedOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - One thing the candidates for Lake County circuit court Clerk agree on is the need for an efficient computer system to make court documents easily accessible to the publi...
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How Mountsier, Rotheimer differ on issuesOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - When it comes to traffic congestion, land preservation and other key issues facing the Lake County Board, the two candidates for the 17th District seat have very similar...