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More low-income housing for Geneva!

More low-income housing for Geneva!

February 25, 2025February 25, 2025

I wouldn’t believe you if your tongue came notarized. – Judge Marilyn Milian You might want to dust off your First Ward score card for

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Quick Hits – January 27, 2025

Quick Hits – January 27, 2025

January 28, 2025January 29, 2025

Briefly: Geneva home rule? Not while I’m still breathing! It’s one thing to make the kind of bond payment error that forces you to withdraw

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Geneva’s big bad bond blunder!

Geneva’s big bad bond blunder!

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025

That actually sounds like a Stephen Herek movie, but I digress. Proving that, once again, nobody’s really paying attention, Geneva City administrators carefully submitted a

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Geneva’s first double murder courtesy of Emma’s Landing – part 3

Geneva’s first double murder courtesy of Emma’s Landing – part 3

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025

Since this approach worked last time, let’s open this final installment with more reader feedback. We’ll start with my gratitude towards the progressive responders who

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Geneva’s first double murder courtesy of Emma’s Landing – part 2

Geneva’s first double murder courtesy of Emma’s Landing – part 2

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025

As you might imagine, the mostly private feedback on Tuesday’s column came in fast and furious. Though 75 percent of it was (surprisingly) positive, let’s

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Geneva’s first double murder – courtesy of Emma’s Landing

Geneva’s first double murder – courtesy of Emma’s Landing

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025

Anytime you cram 225 economically disadvantaged people into a small geographically segregated area it’s a recipe for disaster. – The First Ward And that disaster

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The Christmas letter I’d like to get – the 2024 edition

The Christmas letter I’d like to get – the 2024 edition

December 26, 2024December 26, 2024

Just when you think you’ve made it through the most unbearable of all seasons without any major emotional scarring, a diseased liver, or a divorce

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A curmudgeon on Christmas – the 2024 edition

A curmudgeon on Christmas – the 2024 edition

December 23, 2024

I hate Christmas. The mall is full of nothing but women and children. All you hear is, ‘I want this,’ ‘Get me this,’ ‘I have

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On the Kane County Clerk’s legendary hospitality

On the Kane County Clerk’s legendary hospitality

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024

Last Thursday we covered how the Campton Hills Terriers and Three-Headed Beagles conspired to get Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham angry enough to throw them

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Quick Hits – December 17, 2024

Quick Hits – December 17, 2024

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

Because this ain’t nearly as “quick” as I intended it to be, without further ado: Just another mass hysteria The basis for most mass hysterias

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