Yes! In their inimitable wisdom, or perhaps after a week-long bender, the Illinois Supreme Court summarily decided that all civil lawsuits must be electronically filed.
Month: July 2019
Quick Hits – Death by a Thousand Cuts
One of the “joys” of turning 60 is the imminent prospect of staring your own mortality squarely in the eye. In that very vein, that
Quick Hits – So Much for the Least of Our Brothers!
My preeminent intention was to stay out of this one in the fervent hope that cooler heads would prevail and it would all work out
Quick Hits – Above the Law!
Trust me! I’ve been toiling at the keyboard long enough to know when I write, “Because they enforce the law, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s
Quick Hits – Joe McMahon Was Never There – Part Two!
Let’s move on to the second installment in our two-part series on soon-to-be-departing Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon. While the kind of KCSAO issues
Quick Hits – Joe McMahon Was Never There – Part One!
First, I want to thank those sources who, once again, made sure The First Ward was the first to break the news that, after two-and-a-half
Quick Hits Breaking News – Joe McMahon is Not Running
A number of sources just told me that Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon called his senior staff into his office this afternoon to announce
Quick Hits – The Straight Pride Parade is Bleepin’ Hilarious!
Since some of you bleeps love to read just the column title and summarily dismiss the rest of the piece, please let me preempt your
Quick Hits – Let the Democratic Self-Destruction Commence!
It certainly didn’t take a degree in theoretical physics for The First Ward to predict that, given the absurd 293 candidate Democratic presidential field, those