Aug
23
Saturday Protest at Melissa Bean’s Office
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I dropped in and took some photo’s of this hearty gathering in Schaumburg. Here’s an embedded slide show from flickr:
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-Drew
Jul
7
by Allen Skillicorn
Congressman Bobby Rush (IL -1st) is gesturing for the camera again. The former Black Panther Chicago Democrat was outraged over Peter King’s comments about the late performer Michael Jackson. Peter King asked the question why the entertainer is receiving so much support when soldiers, police officers, firefighters, and teachers are ignored. Mr. King [...]
Jun
21
Anti-Tax Protest in Skokie
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Jun
12
Vallas Out of Cook Co. President Race
Category: 2010 Candidates, Cook County, Party Politics | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from the Daily Herald:
Former Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas has decided not to run for Cook County Board President as a Republican after floating the idea for months.
Vallas said today he needs to stay in New Orleans and “finished what I started” running the school district there.
“It is going to take me another [...]
Jun
11
Audit Shows $200K Missing from Cook County Public Administrator’s Office
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-cross posted from the Daily Herald:
The past practices of the Cook County Public Administrator’s Office cost taxpayers at least $227,871 in missing funds and possibly millions more in sweetheart contracts, a new audit indicates.
The office is supposed to protect the assets of those who die without a will or with an executor [...]
May
14
Greg Hinz Connects the dots between Speaker Madigan and Cook Co. President Stroger
Category: 2010 Candidates, Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois House, State, suburbs | Leave a Comment
Greg Hinz has a great piece on the political relationship between Illinois’s house Speaker Mike Madigan and Cook County President Todd Stoger.
Read the whole thing here.
good stuff…
May
13
IRS Put Lien on Todd Stroger’s Residence
Category: 2010 Candidates, Chicago, Cook County, suburbs | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from the Chicago Tribune:
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger failed to pay nearly $12,000 in federal income taxes, according to the county Recorder of Deeds Office.
The IRS placed a lien on the home of Stroger and his wife, Jeanine, in March, a document filed with the recorder of deeds office shows.
May
6
State Rep. Paul Froehlich under investigation
Category: Cook County, Illinois House, Schaumbrg, State | Leave a Comment
Ouch… is looks like some innovative constituency service.
May
2
Tribune reports five deceased voters of Ford Heights turned out to vote in a heated mayoral election last April:
Cook County Clerk David Orr said this week that some of the claims have been dismissed, such as the allegations that 10 people voted twice and that dead residents voted. But he said in five [...]
Feb
3
Northwest Cook Co. Lincoln Day Dinner: Karl Rove Coming to the Schaumburg Marriot
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-crossposted from the Daily Herald
Karl Rove, the former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to former President George W. Bush, is coming to Schaumburg this month.
Rove, who’s also a political commentator for Fox News, will be the keynote speaker at the second annual Northwest Suburban Republican Lincoln Day Dinner, to be held Feb. 23 [...]
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