Jan
28
ECC Referendum is on
Category: Elgin, Kane County | 
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-crossposted from the Daily Herald:
Elgin Community College trustees unanimously decided Tuesday to draft a referendum request for the April 7 ballot.
They will ask for the sale of $178 million in bonds - used to fund the first portion of a $387 million master plan to fully update the college by 2030.
The request, according to college [...]
Jan
24
Here’s a glimpse of the RNC chairman race being waged among national insiders. Written by a local Illinois political operative, Bill Pascoe.
To Guess RNC Winner Think High School, Watch Anuzis | CQ Politics
Jan
14
Good Reading
Category: Cook County | Leave a Comment
I encourage all political geeks to read Russ Stewart’s “A Tale of Three Townships: Republicans in Retreat[.]“ It examines republican organizational decay in three northwest cook county townships.
Jan
14
Krenz jumps in the arena for C-ville President
Category: Carpentersville, Kane County | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from the Daily Herald:
A third candidate will appear on the April 7 ballot for the position of Carpentersville village board president.
Local business owner Jim Krenz this week announced his intention to run against Village President Bill Sarto and Trustee Ed Ritter, both of whom have declared their candidacies for village president.
Krenz, who has lived [...]
Jan
14
-crossposted from the Daily Herald:
Only a month into his new gig, DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan did something the county board has been attempting for years.
He posted the county’s monthly expenditure reports online, essentially allowing the world to see its checkbook.
“I have a small staff of six people and now I’ll have a million and [...]
Jan
14
-crossposted from the Daily Herald:
Streamwood Village President Billie Roth made it official that she’ll run for re-election in what will be her first contested race in 16 years.
She’ll face off against Trustee Jason Speer, who announced his candidacy last month. Roth said she never had any doubts about seeking a sixth term, though she never [...]
Jan
14
2009 Cook County Budget in Works
Category: Budget, Cook County | Leave a Comment
-crossposted from the Daily Herald:
Faced with stiff opposition to borrowing $700 million through bonds for the 2009 budget year after a $380 million increase last year in the sales tax, the Cook County Board took baby steps Tuesday to paring back their borrowing tab.
Commissioners, rather than approve the Stroger administration’s request, decided to go item [...]
Jan
12
Blago and Burris on SNL
Category: US Senate, video | Leave a Comment
Jan
12
Proft’s latest featured commentary on Don Wade & Roma:
Click here to listen to an .mp3 of this commentary as heard on today morning’s Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS AM-890.
Jan
8
-crossposted from the Chicago Reader:
Would You Vote for Roland Burris?
Illinois voters have been asked this question repeatedly. Usually the answer is no.
By Ben Joravsky
January 8, 2009
I go way back with Roland Burris, Governor Blagojevich’s pick to replace Barack Obama in the Senate. I don’t know him—though years ago we took the same plane to New [...]
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