Jim Davis
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Our correspondent in Afghanistan gives us a scareNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - In hindsight, perhaps the title line of my e-mail to my co-workers wasn't the wisest choice. “Matt Spartz,” it read. Marie Wilson, one of our newest reporters, opened th...
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A great idea from our correspondent in AfghanistanNov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - It was a tongue-in-cheek exchange among members of our editorial board. One suggested an editorial on the topic of veterans to run Thursday, Veterans Day. But he lacked ...
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News flash: Voters OK tax increases, uh, bond salesNov 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Official news release excerpt from West Chicago Elementary District 33, where voters just approved -- depending on your point of view -- a tax increase or a bond sale. ...
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Taxes going up? Fence Post gives array of viewsOct 20, 2010 11:00 pm - For your reading pleasure, I have hand-picked several letters to fill our Fence Post column on this page. You don't need a calendar to know an election is drawing near. ...
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Who wants to shake up the county board?Oct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Three days after my final college class, I landed my first “real job, reporter for the now-shuttered Daily Journal. I'd somehow fallen into the premier beat coverage of...
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'Convicted?' and other key questions for candidatesSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The letter, from a regular contributor to our Fence Post column, provided some encouragement and some gentle prodding. In it, writer Edna Heatherington of Glen Ellyn not...
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We're not chicken about covering this huge storySep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Stop the presses!!! Did you hear Chick-fil-A is coming, and it opened its first Chicago-area restaurant along Route 59 in Aurora on Thursday? Did you hear they have this...
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Suburban restaurateur bares his soulSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I've never met the man, but I've always liked Dick Portillo. I mean, the up-by-the-boostraps story - poor upbringing, opens a hot dog stand in a 6-by-12-foot trailer, be...
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This victim's impact statement a lesson for allSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - It's known by the clinical-sounding term: "Victim impact statement." Those words belie the power and raw emotion they carry when they're read in court, usually at senten...
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Read all about us, for a change of paceAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Years ago, a Daily Herald photographer - an exceptionally good one, I might add - was explaining why an assignment requiring him to do a short interview with his subject...