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Nominating petitions 101

Nominating petitions 101

July 30, 2012

Editor Paul Harth comes up with yet another great title for my Monday Courier-News column! The bottom line is, you need to come up with

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The one liner I couldn't use on Patch!

The one liner I couldn't use on Patch!

July 30, 2012

In my Monday Patch column on running Brian Urlacher and Jenny McCarthy out of Geneva – a worthy endeavor if there ever was one –

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The real story behing that not-quite-so abandoned Aurora house

The real story behing that not-quite-so abandoned Aurora house

July 29, 2012

In addition to today’s Beacon-News column on the subject, I had an interesting conversation with Aurora Alderman Rick Lawrence regarding that ostensibly abandoned Downers Place

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If Sheriff Perez fires folks for their politics, then why is Kevin Williams still there?

If Sheriff Perez fires folks for their politics, then why is Kevin Williams still there?

July 27, 2012

Four long years after the fact, former Kane County Deputy Stephen Yahnke is suing Sheriff Pat Perez for more than $1 million in damages and,

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If you can't get the petition part right, why should we vote for you?

If you can't get the petition part right, why should we vote for you?

July 26, 2012

22nd District State Senate GOP challenger Cary Collins just survived a Mike Noland petition challenge by a scant four signatures.  Doesn’t anyone in the entire

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Addiction is not an easy thing to deal with

July 25, 2012

Though I love my print newspapers, the one thing I love about Patch is the capacity to instantly add to the discussion.  In today’s Geneva

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It's because she isn't a legitimate candidate!

It's because she isn't a legitimate candidate!

July 25, 2012

Brenda Schory’s article in today’s Chronicle is priceless.  Stating, “I believe the result of the upcoming chairman’s race here in Kane County is a foregone

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Elgin's walk with the Mayor Program is a stroke of genius!

Elgin's walk with the Mayor Program is a stroke of genius!

July 24, 2012

Though I certainly wasn’t one when I falsely ascribed the capacity to fend off pit bulls to Mayor Kaptain in my Monday Courier-News column.  County

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God bless all you commuters!

God bless all you commuters!

July 24, 2012

After just one Metra trip to downtown Chicago, I was ready to pull out what little hair I have left.  You can read my unique

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The best column on those insipid Shades of Grey books yet

The best column on those insipid Shades of Grey books yet

July 23, 2012

In her Sunday Sun-Times column, Carol Marin takes the best selling selling book apart for being “poorly written” and adds, “I want to warn young women

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