On Friday, I forgot to mention that Quick Hits will be taking our traditional Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day break. I always offer the
Month: December 2018
Quick Hits – December 21, 2018
Let me be perfectly clear about school board candidates On Wednesday we covered exactly which Geneva school board candidates were backed by the Geneva Education
Quick Hits – December 19, 2018
The Geneva Education Association strikes back! Apparently unhappy with their 4.9 percent raises over each of the next five years, the Geneva Education Association is
Quick Hits – Ms. McConnaughay! How can we miss you if you won’t go away?
I want to thank all of my readers who insisted I cover this more than fascinating story, though I get the feeling I wouldn’t have
Quick Hits – A Sunday Laugh!
Please understand that I meant NONE of this. It’s just that it’s kinda easy to get Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg going. After no correspondence between
Quick Hits – The old man’s slippin’!
Picture if you will, Pulitzer Prize winner, Mike Royko, and his lifelong pal, Slats Grobnik, sitting on adjacent stools in a netherworld bar, each drinking
Quick Hits – December 12, 2018
Before you read the next two pieces, please keep in mind that I am, and always have been a social liberal. But unlike my conservative
Quick Hit’s – Final thoughts on the Geneva teacher’s strike
Let’s get right to it. 1. The strike is almost certainly over The Geneva Education Association and the School Board came to a tentative agreement
Quick Hits – It’s a mistake?
Oh! It was a mistake alright. As I previously explained in my ongoing coverage of the Geneva Teachers’ strike, were I the school board president,
Quick Hits – So, The Elgin clergy casts the first stone?
Before last Wednesday’s (11/28) city council meeting, I was beyond impressed with my beloved Elginians’ capacity for patience and tolerance in regard to the DeCynthia