Pat Gauen
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Saint Louis, MO, United States
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Past articles by Pat:
Illinois architectural symbol of bad judgment may be dumped for drop in state's deficit bucket
Governor wants to sell the impractical Thompson Center, effectively Chicago's alternate state Capitol. → Read More
Goodwill from VW's advertising of yore lost to scandal
Vaunted German engineering appears to have run amok. → Read More
Gauen: Zany flag incident leads to deeper thinking about painful symbols
Can confederate flag be separated from support of slavery? → Read More
Gauen: Illinois' new governor faces tough reception for his tough medicine
Gov. Bruce Rauner proposes attention-grabbing cuts in state spending. → Read More
Gauen: Marijuana grower selection was the plum Gov. Quinn left on the vine
Decision not to act contrasts with predecessor's spiteful exit. → Read More
Gauen: Illinois' old fuzzy recording law becoming new fuzzy recording law
Courts struck down 1961 vintage recording restrictions, but new ones are just a governor's signature away. → Read More
Gauen: Toy gun not always harmless to the kid holding one
Real-looking pistols were a threat this kid never realized. → Read More
Gauen: Road to Ferguson facts requires careful navigation
Visiting daughter's request: a tour of the community in national controversy. → Read More
Gauen: Republicans rattle Illinois' blue roots
GOP candidates didn't win everything, but it was a lot. → Read More
Gauen: Polls are close, newspaper endorsements not, as Illinois governor race nears end
Bruce Rauner took almost all the editorial page support but Pat Quinn pulled up even in the polls. → Read More
Gauen: Promises aren't tools in Illinois governor's race
Gov. Paul Quinn and challenger Bruce Rauner offer promises, but does either guy have a wrench? → Read More
Gauen: Memories of walking through a Secret Service security breach
Sometimes vigilance is high, sometimes it's low. This reporter has seen both close up. → Read More
Gauen: Police militarization is about mindsets, not tools
SWAT terms were born in a difficult era for law enforcement and thrust into a fresh public debate by Ferguson. → Read More
Illinois' unified courts aren't run by towns that collect fines
Critics of Missouri's municipal courts need look no further than across the river for another way. → Read More
Gauen: How many communities skirted an eruption like Ferguson's?
Old Collinsville incident illustrates that other towns may have come close to what happened in the beleaguered St. Louis suburb. → Read More
Illinois governor candidates should be judged only by their own sins
Voters need to use care when assigning blame for the state's financial mess. → Read More
Gauen: Sen. Dixon's passing is reminder of lost political style
Genial moderate valued compromise, accomplishment and getting along. → Read More
Gauen: Legal finality elusive in 1970s kidnap-murders
Over almost 36 years, the law has not been able to close the book on Gregory Bowman. → Read More
Longer terms could help Illinois lawmakers face up to their jobs
It's easier to do difficult things if an election is not always looming. → Read More
Gauen: Drug ads are scary, cupcakes not
Do we really benefit from TV commercials listing scary side effects of the medications they're trying to sell? → Read More