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Special election is Saturday

Friday, March 7th, 2008
Filed under: kanecounty, politics

To those of you living in the Kane portion of Elgin, please be reminded that the special election to fill the vacancy of 14th district congressman Dennis Hastert is this Saturday.
The newspapers printed their endorsements last week. Jim Oberweis picked up the endorsements that will probably be most influential in the Elgin […]

What are Bill Foster’s chances?

Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Filed under: kanecounty, politics

Despite, the enthusiasm on the left side of the aisle, Democratic turnout in Kane was actually less than Republican turnout, though not by much (500 voters).
And many of those Democratic voters were interested in other races (the presidential), and didn’t bother to vote for a candidate in the special primary to fill the […]

16-year-old psychopath roamed free

Friday, January 25th, 2008
Filed under: kanecounty

Elgin High School teacher Carolyn Gilbert’s attacker was implicated six months earlier of the rape of an 8-year old, and the Kane County State’s Attorney (John Barsanti) did nothing:
Multiple sources have confirmed that Angel Facio, 16, of the 600 block of Jefferson Avenue, Elgin, was implicated in the reported Aug. 13 assault of an 8-year-old […]

This week’s action-packed calendar

Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Filed under: kanecounty, politics

Be forewarned, up to the primaries next month, this blog will probably be discussing more politics than usual…
If you’ve moved or are a new voter, Tuesday is the last day to register. If you somehow miss that date, worry not, just trek down to Geneva (or downtown Chicago, if you are in Cook […]