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Quick Hits – Anatomy of a Teachers Strike – Part One

November 13, 2018

Having lived in Geneva for 21 long years, I’ve been more that a bit baffled by the current animosity between the D304 teacher’s union and

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Quick Hits – November 12, 2018

Quick Hits – November 12, 2018

November 12, 2018

I wuz gonna do an analysis to explain how the Kane County and Aurora Democrats are clearly mistaking a tailwind for talent, but even I’m

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Quick Hits – How Illinois Republicans Can Bounce Back!

Quick Hits – How Illinois Republicans Can Bounce Back!

November 9, 2018

For reference purposes, my long-time readers know that I’m a moderate Independent. I tend to vote Republican in local races and Democratic in state and

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Quick Hits Supplemental – Now We’re Running Down Candidates?

Quick Hits Supplemental – Now We’re Running Down Candidates?

November 7, 2018

Apparently unhappy with last night’s election results, Schaumburg Township Republican precinct committeeman, Mark Cramer, drove over to 44th District State Rep Fred Crespo’s victory party

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Quick Hits – Mid-Term Election Wrap Up

Quick Hits – Mid-Term Election Wrap Up

November 7, 2018

It was, indeed, a bad day for Republicans. Millennials voted, and they voted Democratic. It wasn’t exactly a blue wave, it was more like a

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Quick Hits – The First Ward Midterm Predictions – Mild Revisions

Quick Hits – The First Ward Midterm Predictions – Mild Revisions

November 6, 2018

I’m generally standing by last week’s electoral prognostications and I’m certainly looking forward to seeing scurrilous Kane County Auditor Terry Hunt’s gleaming visage adorned in

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Quick Hits – November 5, 2018

Quick Hits – November 5, 2018

November 5, 2018

Judge Dalton can’t even be ethical on a mailer! Between his miserable Illinois State Bar Association ratings and a small, but determined, group intent on

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Quick Hits – Sealing the deal!

Quick Hits – Sealing the deal!

November 2, 2018

As we head into the final mid-term stretch, I’m getting a bit tired of those folks who cynically claim that all of our public servants

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Quick Hits – The First Ward’s Midterm Predictions!

Quick Hits – The First Ward’s Midterm Predictions!

October 31, 2018

Normally, election prognostication columns are one of my favorite things, but with this election cycle truly testing my prophetic mettle, I’m not looking forward to

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Quick Hits – Just Don’t Do It – Part 2

Quick Hits – Just Don’t Do It – Part 2

October 29, 2018

Survival as a journalist depends upon a capacity to harden your heart or follow in those Zen masters’ non-attachment footsteps. I’d like to think I

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