Sep
19
Lake County Sheriff Complains about Illegal Immigrants, Now a Fifth of Local Jail Population
Category: Lake County, suburbs | 
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-crossposted from the Chicago Tribune
Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran on Thursday released the results of an audit that showed a fifth of his jail population is undocumented and pressed for the power to deport them.
In the process, he took shots at Cook County, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and politicians in Springfield and Washington for not [...]
Sep
13
Carpentersville Village President Sarto Ignores Subpoena
Category: Kane County, suburbs | Leave a Comment
Bill Sarto was recently served a subpoena for involvement in a domestic battery case against a political opponent, Paul Humpfer. Although Sarto ignored the subpoena, the Courier News reports no investigations into the issue.
ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP — The attorney representing Carpentersville Village Trustee Paul Humpfer in his ongoing criminal matter recently asked police to conduct [...]
Sep
10
Listen to At Issue here.
This is a great podcast of Craig Dellimore’s At Issue, which airs weekly on Chicago’s WBBM 780AM. Dellimore does quality interviews with some of Illinois’s presiding delegates.
Craig Dellimore and Julie Mann review Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Guests include Former Governor Jim Edgar, Former U-S House Speaker Dennis Hastert and [...]
Sep
10
Wintermute’s Campaign Office Opens in Aurora
Category: Kane County, Kendall County, Will County | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from the Beacon News
AURORA — Illinois State Senate candidate Terri Ann Wintermute made one thing clear on Tuesday. If elected to represent the 42nd District, she will “not turn her back on Aurora,” she said to a group of supporters.
To accomplish that, the Bolingbrook resident and former Will County Board member set up a [...]
Sep
10
The Problem with the EJ&E Deal: Overpasses Are Expensive (Example, $7 million for recent Rochelle project)
Category: Cook County, Dupage, IL-10, Lake County, federal, suburbs, transportation, video | Leave a Comment
With the heated ongoing debate over the EJ&E rail line sale to effectively increase fright train traffic around the Chicago suburbs, it’s important to consider how much overpasses cost.
Recently a $3 million grant from the Economic Development Administration was announce for Rochelle, toward building a much needed overpass. The construction project isn’t cheap though; the [...]
Sep
10
Kane County Backs Neighbors Against EJ&E Rail Deal
Category: Kane County, suburbs, transportation | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from the Daily Herald
The Kane County Board sent out a message regarding how it feels about the pending sale of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Tuesday, but it wasn’t stern enough for some elected officials.
Kane County’s resolution is the first in the area to not outright reject the sale. Lake, DuPage and Will [...]
Sep
10
-crossposted from the Chicago Tribune
Dozens of employees of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown are planning a 55th birthday bash for their boss in a boutique hotel in the Loop later this month—with the aim of raising thousands of dollars for her campaign fund.
The minimum donation to attend the Sept. 30 party in the [...]
Sep
9
-crossposted from the Daily Herald
Why are YRs (Young Republicans) wired about 72-year-old McCain?
In an effort to be perfectly fair and balanced, I wanted to recycle the first couple of paragraphs from my column about Barack Obama’s historic acceptance of his party’s nomination for president, and give John McCain supporters the same chance to gush about [...]
Sep
8
-crossposted from the Daily Herald… the story is presently down, but google cached here.
A civil court hearing set to determine the meaning of the word “next” became about a lack of authority instead, setting the stage for Campton Hills to determine its own fate in November.
Kane County Civil Judge Michael J. Colwell ruled Friday morning [...]
Sep
5
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