by John Guevara | Aug 13, 2023 | Contract with the Community, Monday Minute, Winnebago County Issues
“The key lesson here is if we are to intervene, we need a solid idea not only of the benefits of our interventions but also the harm we may cause…” Shane Parrish My daughter loves hiking. She’d rather spend her Saturday walking through the woods than watching TV or...
by John Guevara | Aug 6, 2023 | Monday Minute, State and National Issues, Winnebago County Issues
“The real reason for our existence is that we provide something which is unique… [T]he reason for our existence and the measure of our success is how well we are able to make our product.” Dave Packard Sr. – 1960 I heard something similar from a...
by John Guevara | Jul 31, 2023 | Contract with the Community, Monday Minute
Time is the friend of someone properly positioned and the enemy of someone poorly positioned. Farnham Street Blog If you’re under a certain age, you don’t wear a watch, unless it’s a fashion accessory. Watch wearing will probably make a come back. After all, many...
by John Guevara | Jul 24, 2023 | Monday Minute, Winnebago County Issues
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.” My brother’s favorite musical is Les Miserables. If you don’t know the story, I encourage you...
by John Guevara | Jul 16, 2023 | Monday Minute, Winnebago County Issues
“The cost of inaction is the status quo. If you’re ok where you are, then you don’t need to do anything. But if you want to get to the next level, you need to understand the cost of doing nothing. Action is expensive, but inaction costs a fortune.” I love...
by John Guevara | Oct 24, 2022 | Monday Minute, Winnebago County Issues
“Reading the same thing as everyone else is only going to put the same ideas in your head everyone else has. If you want new ideas, read old books.” I like book challenges. I’m not saying I like book clubs. I don’t have anything against book clubs really, I’ve never...
by John Guevara | Jul 4, 2022 | Monday Minute
I’m Grateful for my Faith My faith is mine. It is the core of who I am. And I think, it’s what we believe that makes us who we are. I grew up in a church environment with a focus on converting children between the preschool and first grade Sunday School class...
by John Guevara | Jun 13, 2022 | Monday Minute
Things I’m Grateful For: My Parents My Dad My parents are first generation Mexican Americans. My father was raised by a single mom after his father passed away from cancer. He wasn’t even a year old. Of course the loss of my Grandpa Guevara affected my dad’s life....
by John Guevara | May 30, 2022 | Monday Minute
Introduction I’ve run for office before. I shared my story more times than I can count. I gave the elevator speech, the stump speech, and the keynote speech. What they don’t tell you is when you run for office you become super sensitive to every other...
by John Guevara | Sep 1, 2019 | Winnebago County Issues
Everyone has a story. For far too long, I’ve let my story be told by other people. Now is the time for me to set the record straight. I was elected to serve on the County Board in 2010. There were challenges, even then. Department heads spent money that wasn’t...
by John Guevara | Feb 27, 2023 | Monday Minute, State and National Issues
“Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon become color blind.” Austin O’Malley Just the Facts You may have seen the video clip of Jeff Daniels “America isn’t the greatest country in the world” monologue from the Aaron Sorkin HBO show The Newsroom....
by John Guevara | Nov 30, 2022 | State and National Issues, Winnebago County Issues
We hear it all the time. “Republicans lose because they’re not conservative enough!” But we also hear something like this, “The Republican Party absorbed the Deep South Democrats and became racist,” or something like that. Sound familiar? I think many people feel that...
by John Guevara | Nov 23, 2022 | State and National Issues, Winnebago County Issues
The election results are in and certified. A good Republican friend of mine shot me a note asking,”Have you written on a Republican strategy to get more public acceptance of Republicans?” My answer was I hadn’t, but in the wake of such a tepid Republican ripple, I was...
by John Guevara | Oct 17, 2022 | Monday Minute, Winnebago County Issues
It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth. Alexis Tocqueville I love politics. I studied it in school, and I’ve lived and breathed it ever since. My favorite television shows are usually political, even the liberal ones. One of those shows...
