The First Ward

Remember when I previously declared, “…before my beloved Kane County judges hit the bar (the drinking kind) at 1:30 (they never work a full day)

Briefly: Geneva home rule? Not while I’m still breathing! It’s one thing to make the kind of bond payment error that forces you to withdraw

That actually sounds like a Stephen Herek movie, but I digress. Proving that, once again, nobody’s really paying attention, Geneva City administrators carefully submitted a

Since this approach worked last time, let’s open this final installment with more reader feedback. We’ll start with my gratitude towards the progressive responders who

As you might imagine, the mostly private feedback on Tuesday’s column came in fast and furious. Though 75 percent of it was (surprisingly) positive, let’s

Anytime you cram 225 economically disadvantaged people into a small geographically segregated area it’s a recipe for disaster. – The First Ward And that disaster

Last Thursday we covered how the Campton Hills Terriers and Three-Headed Beagles conspired to get Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham angry enough to throw them

Because this ain’t nearly as “quick” as I intended it to be, without further ado: Just another mass hysteria The basis for most mass hysterias