Jul
30
James Meeks Suportts Publick Skools
Category: Education, State, suburbs | 
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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.
Jul
30
New BarackBook.com
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Local ABC7 news reports on a new facebook styled Barack Obama website here (includes video clip)
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Jul
29
Congressman Manzullo on Parade
Category: Algonquin, IL-16, U.S. House, federal, video | Leave a Comment
High quality youtube video here
Stadard quality youtube video here
Jul
27
Tony Peraica on Fox Chicago Sunday
Category: Cook County | 1 Comment
Tony appears on Fox Chicago Sunday to explain his ordinance to repeal the massive Cook County sales tax increase - and discusses his efforts to keep taxes low and fight corruption in Cook County.
Jul
27
Reeling from Negative News Coverage, Stoger gives $24,999 to New Magazine
Category: Cook County | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from the Chicago Sun-Times
Tired of getting “pummeled by the newspapers every day,” Cook County Board president Todd Stroger’s administration has decided to counter with a new magazine overseen by county officials.
Publisher/editor Theresa Tracy said Cook County magazine would be “independently published” and a “credible, compelling and valuable resource” for county residents.
But county officials have [...]
Jul
25
New Suburban Group for Women
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Women’s Voices Illinois is committed to engaging women in the political process so that their voices are heard by policymakers in their local communities, in Springfield and in our nation’s Capitol.
By engaging in the political process we mean:
registering to vote and then voting
educating yourself about candidates
volunteering for political campaigns
contributing to political campaigns
running for political office
encouraging [...]
Jul
25
Lisa Madigan says Blago’s Budget cuts “at best are irresponsible. At worst, it’s politically motivated.”
Category: Budget, State | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from Crain’s Chicago Business by Greg Hinz
State residents will be more vulnerable to offenses like identity theft and mortgage fraud if significant cuts to her office budget are allowed to stand, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is warning.
In a phone interview, the state’s chief legal officer said 25% cuts ordered by Gov. Rod Blagojevich [...]
Jul
24
Thursday round-up
Category: Cook County, Illinois House, Illinois Senate, Schaumbrg, State, suburbs | Leave a Comment
Schaumburg-Review | Township Republicans making a comeback
In the year since the Schaumburg Township GOP reinvented itself, Republicans have gone from a penniless bunch in total disarray to a well-organized group with cash in the bank.
The Schaumburg Township Republican Organization formed last summer after party leader and state Rep. Paul Froehlich switched sides to become a [...]
Jul
23
DCCC Expands TV Ad Buys in Illinois
Category: IL-10, IL-11, IL-14, U.S. House, suburbs | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from Chris Cillizza’s The Fix blog on the Washington post (read full here)
Ack, that’s a lot of gross rating points!
District
Incumbent
Early Buy Amt.
Early Buy Pts.
IL-10
Kirk (R)
$1.4 M
2,300
IL-11
Weller (R)-Open
$1.6 M
4,200 (multiple mkts.)
IL-14
Foster (D)
$1.02 M
2,400 (multiple mkts.)
Jul
23
Stroger Defeats Tax Repeal, saying “I’m doing a damn good job”
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-crossposted from Mark J. Konkol of the Chicago Sun-Times(photo by John White/Sun-Times)
Self-described Cook County Board reformers took one last shot at repealing the county’s sales tax increase that went into effect this month, but they didn’t have the votes to make it happen.
The County Board on Tuesday easily killed the sales tax rollback plan offered [...]
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