“Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one.” — A. J. Liebling
If you consider the vast daily output of the political opinion industry — from the New York Times editorial page, to the Huffington Post, to the thousands of anonymous bloggers toiling for tiny audiences — there must be something uniquely satisfying about expressing an opinion for public consumption.
We don't own a newspaper, and few of us have time to write a blog. But we can all express our opinion publicly in many ways that cost us nothing but a few minutes of our time. Democracy works best when everyone participates.
We encourage you to let your opinion be known in the local mainstream press. For your convenience, here are the links to the on-line submission forms at each of the major local news sources.
Northwest Herald
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Chicago Tribune
News and Opinion Digest
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(Excerpted from the New York Times Aug.10, 2009)
With the debate over the future of health care now shifted from Capitol Hill to town halls, supporters and critics of the Democrats’ legislative proposals are polishing their sound bites and sharpening their attack lines.
Increasingly, the battle looks like a presidential contest, with expensive advertising campaigns and Internet-driven efforts to mobilize local support. It can be difficult to sort fact from fiction, as angry protesters denounce the legislation at raucous public forums.
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County residents may be victims of "Love Canal II" contamination, but you'd never know it based on what the County Health Department says. When the unusual cluster of rare cancer cases in the north McCullom Lake area triggered class-action lawsuits several years ago, the McHenry County Health Department did nothing but issue statements to reassure the public. The possibility that drinking water in the McCullom Lake area is contaminated with carcinogenic chemical wastes seems to be of little interest to the public officials charged with protecting our well-being.
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 U.S. Congresswoman Melissa Bean (IL-8) met with McHenry County Democrats at our monthly Central Committee meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Bean gave a detailed update on various legislative issues currently before Congress, including health care reform and the national economic stimulus package. Audience members asked questions for nearly an hour before the formal meeting adjourned to an informal session for another hour.
The Congresswoman indicated that the stimulus package has clearly had a positive effect on reversing the job loss trend and boosting GDP. She also said she is looking forward to seeing the final health care reform legislation, but is reserving judgement on whether she will support the final bill. |
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Commuters in McHenry County are feeling the effects of poor transportation planning and lack of state funding for county road projects.
For example, the $42 million Algonquin Road widening project from Randall Road west to Route 47 is already behind schedule and faces complications from engineering mistakes by County Transportation Department engineers. Once underway, the lane expansion project will take over two years to complete, on a major artery that is already choked with traffic nearly all day long.
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