May17
Today I am going to tell you a story that is reminiscent of a Frank Capra movie.
Imagine it in black and white if you can.
There is a large cast representing a beleaguered small rural Midwestern community that is essentially anonymous on the national stage. This …
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May11
Once again another Galesburg City Council meeting that had me walking away thinking, “Why is the ability to communicate so hard between these eight people?”
Is it not doing enough investigating prior to meetings by some council members that precludes …
May04
While the utter failure of Prohibition taught politicians that too many Americans were more than willing to flaunt the law rather than give up on demon rum the political urge to passify the “drys” led to the crazy quilt of …
Apr27
Two weeks ago in this space I wrote about Alderman Jeremy Karlin’s Bicycle Initiative. In that column I agreed with his overall goal of increasing the use of bicycles in Galesburg but not so much the explicit creation of formal bicycle …
Apr20
Galesburg mayor Sal Garza has recently formed a Pension Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to address unfunded pension liabilities the city is experiencing in all three pension funds: fire, police and IMRF (Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund). A …
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