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Quick Hits Elgin – April 28, 2022

Quick Hits Elgin – April 28, 2022

April 28, 2022

Cancelling Nightmare ain’t just about the money During my regular Thursday morning WRMN appearance a couple of weeks ago, I posed the question, “Instead of

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How can our State’s Attorney and judiciary be this inept?

How can our State’s Attorney and judiciary be this inept?

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

Incompetence is often highly rewarded in governmental circles. – William Wallace Just when you thought Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser and the 16th Circuit

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Another cautionary journalistic tale

Another cautionary journalistic tale

April 21, 2022April 22, 2022

Never bite the hand that feeds you. – Author Unknown The plan was to preface this piece with yet another claim of how the plethora

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Quick Hits – April 19, 2022

Quick Hits – April 19, 2022

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022

The Chronicle strikes again! If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed. ― Mark Twain This story rapidly begs

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Kane County bond “reform” is off to a bang-up start!

Kane County bond “reform” is off to a bang-up start!

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Kane County ain’t ready for reform. – Jeff Ward Before we get started, please let me clarify that the Kane County bond reform test run

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Be careful what you wish for Elgin!

Be careful what you wish for Elgin!

April 12, 2022April 13, 2022

To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth. – Teddy Roosevelt Let’s first stipulate that, as the Tribune

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Elgin! It’s time to pull the plug on the Police Task Force!

Elgin! It’s time to pull the plug on the Police Task Force!

April 7, 2022

When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. – Desmond Tutu And that becoming what you loathe dynamic has completely

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Bail reform comes to Kane County – part two

Bail reform comes to Kane County – part two

April 5, 2022

Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge In part one

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