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Quick Hit’s – T’was the night before Christmas

Quick Hit’s – T’was the night before Christmas

December 24, 2018

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

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Quick Hits – December 21, 2018

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

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Quick Hits – December 19, 2018

Quick Hits – December 19, 2018

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

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Quick Hits – Ms. McConnaughay! How can we miss you if you won’t go away?

Quick Hits – Ms. McConnaughay! How can we miss you if you won’t go away?

December 17, 2018

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

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Quick Hits – A Sunday Laugh!

December 16, 2018

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

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Quick Hits – The old man’s slippin’!

Quick Hits – The old man’s slippin’!

December 14, 2018

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

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Quick Hits – December 12, 2018

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

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Quick Hit’s – Final thoughts on the Geneva teacher’s strike

Quick Hit’s – Final thoughts on the Geneva teacher’s strike

December 10, 2018

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

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Quick Hits – It’s a mistake?

Quick Hits – It’s a mistake?

December 9, 2018

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,

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Quick Hits – So, The Elgin clergy casts the first stone?

Quick Hits – So, The Elgin clergy casts the first stone?

December 7, 2018

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

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