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Ray Pawlak

Monday, December 10, 2012

Jeff Ward

Paul DesCouteaux Was the Original Fiscal Conservative

We celebrate his life and mourn his passing.

When we’re done with it here, we will forever retire that “one of a kind” moniker because once it’s used to describe former Geneva 5th Ward Alderman Paul DesCouteaux, it loses all meaning when applied to lesser mortals. You see, while I’m convinced that each one of us has a doppelganger somewhere on this vast planet, there was only one Paul DesCouteaux. And we’re far worse off for the good Lord’s apparent oversight as well as the legendary city councilman’s recent passing. Is it just me or, with that marvelously gruff voice finally silenced, does Geneva suddenly seem a little bit too quiet? Paul DesCouteaux wasn’t just ahead of his time, he defined it. Not only did he embody the term “fiscal conservative,” he may well have created it. From…

Jon Zahm

1:21 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Paul was a class act. A very hard worker, a devoted husband and father, and he was a champion of fiscal conservatism and community beautification projects in Geneva. He will never be forgotten by anyone who had the pleasure of knowing him.   more ›

Friday, August 19, 2011

Inside Geneva: Rick Nagel

Inside Geneva: The Half Wall on East Side Drive Finally Will Come Down—as Soon as September

Third Ward Alderman Dean Kilburg says city crews will finish the job started last year and take down the rest of the wall.

Geneva 3rd Ward Alderman Dean Kilburg says the walls of Jericho will come a tumblin' down. OK, that's a little dramatic, and not exactly the Dean put it. The wall is just a half wall, and it won't make for a lot o' tumblin'—just basic removal of a cinderblock structure that's become a bit of an eyesore in the past year. With any luck, removal of the half wall will put an end to a longish process that started with a push by Mother Nature, was accelerated by some vandals, then slowed in the wheels of government. Some background. The half wall along the detention area on East Side Drive was for many years an attractive part of the gateway for the Geneva East subdivision. The half wall is at the base of the berm that rises about 10 feet to …

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Crumbling Wall Coming Down, Alderman Says and Dogged Investigation Turns Up Vandals in the Curious Half-Wall Incident

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