Roger Claar

How to Know the Real State of the Union: By Reading the State-of-the-Village Speeches

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Logan, State of the City Speech, Randy Watts, Robert Napoli, John Kaiman, North Hempstead, President Obama, State of the Town Speech, Brookhaven, Len Weatherby, Accelerate Long Island, Roger Claar, Carl Brewer, State of the Union Address, Ron Sandack, Willowbrook, Ken Flatto, Sputnik, State of the Village Speech, Bolingbrook, Fairfield, Wichita, Downers Grove, Mark Lesco, Steve Benjamin, Utah, Columbia, Sunbury, Politics News
David Murray

America's mayors, in their annual state of the village speeches at local libraries, chambers of commerce and community centers, are compelled to keep it real.

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Has the Drew Peterson-Kathleen Savio Story Awakened Will County Politicians and Law Enforcement?

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bolingbrook, James Glasgow, Will County, Roger Claar, Kathy Savio, Drew Peterson, Pat O'Neil, Jeff Tomczak, Drew Peterson Case, Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson Investigation, Chicago News
David Murray

For four months I explored how authorities in Bolingbrook, Will County, and at the Illinois State Police managed to let a screaming woman slip silently through the cracks. So why couldn't I tear myself away from a week-old Sports Illustrated to watch the Drew Peterson arrest coverage?

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What's New in Bolingbrook? Not Much

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roger Claar, American Estates, Bolingbrook, Drew Peterson, Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bonnie Kurowski-Alicea, Bolingbrook Politics, Chicago News
David Murray

For a community whose motto is "a place to grow," nothing in Bolingbrook ever seems to change.

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U.S. Mayors: Groping for Hope in the Grip of Reality

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Depression, Mayor Bloomberg, Mayor Rob Schroder, Roger Claar, Mayor Daley, Mayor John Harper, Mayor Tom Dale, Mayor Christopher Grimm, Recession, Mayor Jim Plakas, Mayor Kevin Priddle, Mayor Jere Wood, Mayor Bob Cashell, Bolingbrook, City Budget, Chicago News
David Murray

It was Napoleon who said, "A leader is a dealer in hope." Well, we know how things turned out for Napoleon.

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Mommy, Where Do Blagojeviches Come From?

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roger Claar, Patrick Fitzgerald, Illinois Corruption, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Magazine, Blagojevich Indictment, Chicago News
David Murray

For many years after moving to Chicago I witnessed Illinois politicians and I asked my Ohio self: "These people were innocent children once. How did they get this way?"

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