The First Ward

Since I have no intention of boring you with a 2,000 word post, what we’re gonna do is set up today’s main blog piece on

That Smiling Conservative and I want to thank Elgin City Council contender Kyle Scifert for coming in and letting our listeners know what he’s all

…is about to go live! So here’s the voice promo: Elgin City Council challenger Kyle Scifert swears he’s gonna make into the studio today so

This morning, on his generally excellent Every Goddamn Day blog, Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg succinctly describes why he won’t be reading Harper Lee’s recently announced

Did any of y’all take a really good look at the Tribune’s pre-Super Bowl Sunday sports section? And if you happened to do so, did

You can have your east coast posers. You can keep your west coast Lebowskis. And you can certainly dispense with your silly southerners whose smarmy

As anyone with any shred of common sense would’ve predicted, finally armed with the appropriate witnesses, Judge David Akemann finally put us all out of

for your listening pleasure: That smiling conservative and I want to thank Elgin City Councilman John Steffen for sittin’ between us and providing his opening

…and personally, I can’t wait for it to come on! Elgin City Councilman John Steffen will be joining us in the studio to make his

If you’ve been trying to keep up with the recent Campton Hills electoral follies then you’re probably just as confused as I am. Here’s the