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Quick Hits – On Halloween

Quick Hits – On Halloween

October 31, 20195 min read

You’re in for a real treat, Dear Reader! Because the passage below is the chapter on Halloween from my impending ‘The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Life’

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Quick Hits – There’s more to the Burlington bus story!

Quick Hits – There’s more to the Burlington bus story!

October 30, 20196 min read

Just as we thought there’d be. Though stranger things have happened, for someone who served the Burlington Fire Protection District as a firefighter/paramedic with distinction

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Quick Hits – All the Dem’s have to do is be saner than Trump

Quick Hits – All the Dem’s have to do is be saner than Trump

October 28, 20194 min read

That’s it! It’s that bleepin’ simple. But instead of heeding that seemingly sage advice, the collective response from that giddy gaggle of goofs known as

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Quick Hits – October 25, 2019

Quick Hits – October 25, 2019

October 25, 20194 min read

Today Quick Hits will live up to its name. So, let’s get started! The hearing approaches! Opposing counsel, Pat Kinnally, just submitted his legal memorandum,

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Quick Hits – October 23, 2019

Quick Hits – October 23, 2019

October 23, 20196 min read

Dear readers! You know I love (most) of you with all of my bleepin’ heart because you consistently prove that you’re the smarter ones. You

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Quick Hits – Ice Comes to Elgin!

Quick Hits – Ice Comes to Elgin!

October 21, 20194 min read

Since I don’t want this column to become a catalyst for another absurd anti-immigration debate, let’s go over some numbers first! We certainly don’t want

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Quick Hits – On the incompetence and hypocrisy of Collar County city councils

Quick Hits – On the incompetence and hypocrisy of Collar County city councils

October 18, 20195 min read

Don’t get me wrong, there are some fine local city councilpersons out there who truly listen to and serve their constituents. Geneva, Illinois, Third Ward

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Quick Hit’s Supplemental Part II – I’m back on the radio!

Quick Hit’s Supplemental Part II – I’m back on the radio!

October 17, 20191 min read

That’s right! For those of you who don’t get enough Jeff Ward, and who does, I’ll be on my favorite crazy conservative friend, Phil Kranz’,

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Quick Hits Supplemental – It’s a Thriller!

Quick Hits Supplemental – It’s a Thriller!

October 17, 20192 min read

By now you know Vargo’s Dance at Route 38 and 2nd Street in Geneva, Illinois, is one of my favorite places on the planet, and

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Quick Hits – Suing the KCSAO for sexual harassment would be career suicide!

Quick Hits – Suing the KCSAO for sexual harassment would be career suicide!

October 16, 20195 min read

The irony of Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon offering more absurd excuses than the defendants he prosecutes certainly isn’t lost on me, and it

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