Archive for July, 2005
Posted in July 28th, 2005
The Illinois Democratic Network will be having a meet-up and rally on Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair. I’ll be there. Hopefully that’s not a disincentive. They are advertising on the right and I highly recommend checking out their site–an excellent resource for Democratic grass roots events. I’ll also be there on the 18th […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
Most Significant Local Story: Daley Patronage Chief Indicted Winner: Peter Roskam Losers: Illinois Farmers Most Under Reported Story: The continuing mismanagement and scandals under the Blagojevich Administration. Most Over Reported Story: Cook County GOP’s bounty on the Mayor. Story to Watch in August: The coming Democratic Primary for Governor Most Amazing Sports Accomplishment Despite Whining […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
Lance Armstrong retires after winning his 7th straight Tour de France.
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
The coming Democratic Primary for Governor. I don’t know who it will be, but someone is going to challenge Governor Blagojevich in the primary. Rumors abound about Lou Lang who appears to be making the rounds asking for advice as to whether to run or not. Lang has certainly spent an amount on polling that […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
Cook County GOP’s bounty on the Mayor. They don’t even have the money in the bank according to their last report to the State Board of Elections. There are a lot of serious issues they could be highlighting relating to John Stroger and his patronage and instead they are pulling a stupid political stunt. Combine […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
The continuing mismanagement and scandals under the Blagojevich Administration. While I’m sure Blagojevich partisans see there being too much coverage, State Auditor General Bill Holland identified a large number of issues relating to federal grant dollars being misused by the State of Illinois and Aaron Chambers is one of the few to pick up on […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
Illinois Farmers Getting killed by a drought that even if it breaks this summer, the rain will be too late. Runner Up 1: Officer who swore and pulled a gun on Senator Meeks. Doesn’t matter whether people got out of the car or not, but it’s a CLM–career limiting move–to hassle a State Lege Member. […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
Peter Roskam Roskam raised nearly $400,000 for his Congressional Campaign in Illinois’ 6th District, but that’s not directly why he is the winner. Roskam is proud and loud social conservative who faced two more moderate opponents in the Republican primary. While he was likely to win with strong establishment support, the danger to him was […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
Daley Patronage Chief Indicted While it’s one of the most reported stories, it’s one of the most important. Even if the legal case doesn’t reach the Mayor, the political fallout already has. Most importantly, it opens up serious enforcement of the Shakman decree. Michael Shakman’s call for the Mayor to be held in contempt isn’t […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
Who the hell thinks Chicago could?
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
While most who focus on the national aspects of Patrick Fitzgerald’c current role as an independent prosecutor, the primary problems Hastert has with Fitzgerald are local in origin. Remember this fight is quite old and mixed in with funding for the Lincoln Library. Upon Bush’s election to the Presidency, by custom, the senior Senator of […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2005
Whoa, that’s out of left field given everyone else is supporting him including the two Democratic Senators. John Chase’s article is somewhat strange because Hastert’s people aren’t openly opposing the reappointment, but Peter Fitzgerald’s concern is hard to figure as whether it’s paranoia or based on something real. And for the record, t would be […]
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Posted in July 26th, 2005
Don Manzulo jumped on the bandwagon criticizing Governor Blagojevich regarding the pharmacy rule to dispense contraceptives that the pharmacy carries. In a moment of brilliance Manzullo says: ?You can?t bring in another pharmacist in a small town,? he said. ?You?ve got to put them on call and it costs a lot of money to carry […]
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Posted in July 26th, 2005
Over at Rich’s Tucker McElroy had the same idea I did about the Cook County Republican Party Tucker runs a hysterical blog himself Commenting on Wirtz not having Blackhawk games broadcast: God I hate that fat man and his delicious liquor.
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Posted in July 26th, 2005
Gary Skoien of the Cook County Republicans is offering $10,000 for the conviction of Richard Daley. The irony? The $500 bucks that would presumably go towards that reward from Don Stephens. Criticizing Daley is fair game and certainly if Fitzgerald can nail him, bully for him, but no one has clean hands in Illinois–trying to […]
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