Jun
22
New “Un-Fix Illinois” Website
Category: 2010 Candidates, Chicago, State, video | 
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This is part of Dan Proft’s budding gubernatorial bid in a quest for radical political change in Illinois.
www.UnFixIllinois.org
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
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-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.
Jan
8
Is Blago’s Appointment as Simple as Black and White?
Category: 2010 Candidates, Chicago, State, US Senate | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from the State Journal-Register:
Patrick Buchanan: Somebody has got to be lying
About the appointment by Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, somebody big is lying, big-time. It is either the governor or Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Last week, Reid declared that he would not permit Burris, the African-American elder statesman of [...]
Jan
7
Senate Dems cave-in, Burris Getting Seat
Category: 2010 Candidates, Chicago, State, US Senate, federal | Leave a Comment
-crossposed from the Daily Hearald:
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats plan to accept Roland Burris for President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant seat.
Democrats were looking for ways to defuse the standoff that denied Roland Burris the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama.
While Burris’ paperwork was rejected at the opening of the 111th Congress, he was scheduled to meet [...]
Dec
22
Proft’s latest featured commentary on Don Wade & Roma:
Click here to listen to an .mp3 of this commentary as heard on this morning’s Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS AM-890.
Dec
10
US Senate Seat on Ebay
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Dec
10
Proft’s latest featured commentary on Don Wade & Roma:
Click here to listen to an .mp3 of this commentary as heard on this morning’s Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS AM-890.
Dec
10
NY Times Corruption Coverage
Category: 2010 Candidates, Chicago, State, federal | Leave a Comment
The NY Times has some good material:
Illinois Governor Corruption Scandal
Illinois Corruption Time-line (covers the last decade)
Web of Influence - Corruption chart
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