Category: The First Ward Report

Authors note: My plan was to write a column based on a recent Tribune article on how private water companies are gouging municipal customers to

Lions and tigers and Islamic schools, oh my! By the general nature of the responses on Facebook’s Elgin Nostalgia & History page, you’d think the

Proof of concept No sooner had the virtual ink dried on my July 18 column explaining my theories on the chronically homeless dried than California

 I know being a cop is hard. I know that shit’s dangerous. I know it is, okay? But some jobs can’t have bad apples. Some

Let’s kick this Quick Hits off with some good news! On a positive note! One of the things I truly miss about the pre-MAGA era

Monday’s power failure marks the ninth 20-second outage on Geneva’s west side since June first. And there was nary a cloud in the sky nor

Though it wasn’t planned, let’s continue with our theme of self-destruction as examined through the lens of previous columns. Having just revisited the chronically homeless

There’s something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it. – Gerard Way I rarely read the Aurora columnist

You might want to avoid Fifth Third Bank! Per last week’s teasing allusion, following in Wells Fargo’s “If you can’t cheat your customers then who

The murder capital of the Midwest What’s even more terrifying than the 109 Chicago Fourth of July weekend shootings and ensuing 19 homicides is, it