Jim Davis
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In a DuPage courtroom: murder trial coverage — with many restrictionsApr 14, 2013 5:00 am - In a DuPage County courtroom this week, the grand experiment gets its most rigorous test. For the first time, the media will be allowed gavel-to-gavel camera coverage of...
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Local primaries make case for less democracyMar 31, 2013 5:00 am - Each week, we editor types contribute items for our Soapbox feature — pithy, quick-hit comments on the suburbs. Here’s an sample from Saturday’s Opinion page: $130 per v...
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Scary new world: Have mug shot removed for a feeMar 17, 2013 5:00 am - It can be a pretty scary world in which we live. Evidence is found on today’s Page 1, where Josh Stockinger chronicles a new enterprise that’s raised the hackles of law ...
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Is flare of anger enough to lose an endorsement?Mar 10, 2013 4:00 am - With our local elections just a month away, I thought it might be instructional to tell you some of the back story in just one of the more than 150 endorsement interview...
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‘Undedication’ of ex-Carol Stream mayor sign prompts blame gameFeb 24, 2013 4:00 am - Don’t shoot the messenger! Perhaps that’s not an officially sanctioned axiom of journalism, But I’ll wager every reporter can cite numerous examples in which his or her ...
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Why all the violins? Elgin Symphony replies.Feb 17, 2013 4:00 am - I was in third or fourth grade, and my idea of classical music was “Nutrocker,” by B. Bumble and the Stingers, the rocked-up version of Tchaikovsky’s “March of the Woode...
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No. 1 key issue: ‘To get elected’(and other pearls)Feb 10, 2013 4:00 am - First let me say this: It’s my observation that the vast majority of candidates running for the hundreds of local governments that fall within the Daily Herald’s circula...
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Brave new world of text messaging, courtroom camerasFeb 03, 2013 4:00 am - The other day, while scrolling through the thread of my text messages, I discovered the person I swap notes with most often, after my wife and son, is Josh Stockinger, w...
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Lake Park: Both questions must pass to build poolJan 29, 2013 8:58 am - If voters give mixed signals about building a new swimming pool at Lake Park High School, the school board formally has vowed not to proceed with the project. Two questi...
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Local elections teem with ballot challengesJan 27, 2013 4:00 am - The pros and cons go something like this: Pro: If a candidate can't be bothered to follow the rules for running — getting enough signatures, doing the paperwork correctl...