Jim Tobin’s National Taxpayers United of Illinois has revealed the top 50 pensions for the General Assembly Retirement Fund. It doesn’t have many pensioners, but the legislative retirement fund has some big payouts. Part of the reason is that statewide … Continue reading
The pharmacist who broke the Democratic Party dam in the Metro East part of Illinois and rose to be Senate Republican Leader announced his retirement yesterday. First, Watson was elected to the Illinois House. Then, he was elected to the … Continue reading
The pharmacist who broke the Democratic Party dam in the Metro East part of Illinois and rose to be Senate Republican Leader announced his retirement yesterday. First, Watson was elected to the Illinois House. Then, he was elected to the … Continue reading
Early on in the Protect Marriage Illinois advisory petition campaign the Illinois Republican Party was making supportive noises. There was even a link on the main page of the state GOP web site. But, as far as I know, no … Continue reading
Early on in the Protect Marriage Illinois advisory petition campaign the Illinois Republican Party was making supportive noises. There was even a link on the main page of the state GOP web site. But, as far as I know, no … Continue reading
Talking about Illinois government under total Democratic Party control, Senator Minority Leader Fran Watson observed, “It’s live for today and don’t worry about tomorrow.” Watson criticized government in Illinois. “…45th in job growth,” I jotted down. The senator who represents … Continue reading
Here’s the fifth installment of my photos of Republican notables I found at the 2008 Illinois Republican Party Convention in Decatur. After taking some pictures of a relative empty front of the convention floor before the convention started, I walked … Continue reading
Talking about Illinois government under total Democratic Party control, Senator Minority Leader Fran Watson observed, “It’s live for today and don’t worry about tomorrow.” Watson criticized government in Illinois. “…45th in job growth,” I jotted down. The senator who represents … Continue reading
Here’s the fifth installment of my photos of Republican notables I found at the 2008 Illinois Republican Party Convention in Decatur. After taking some pictures of a relative empty front of the convention floor before the convention started, I walked … Continue reading
Not once, but twice late Friday afternoon Arizona’s United States Senator John McCain asked all of the veterans in the audience at DuPage County’s Odeum to stand. They did, the ones with McCain signs waving them. And, what did he … Continue reading
Not once, but twice late Friday afternoon Arizona’s United States Senator John McCain asked all of the veterans in the audience at DuPage County’s Odeum to stand. They did, the ones with McCain signs waving them. And, what did he … Continue reading
It’s the Christmas season and my wife has been watching “It’s a Wonderful Life.” So, when I looked at the editorial illustration accompanying Thursday’s Chicago Sun-Times’ editorial endorsing the massive expansion of gambling, I recognized its inspiration. When the euphemistically … Continue reading
It’s the Christmas season and my wife has been watching “It’s a Wonderful Life.” So, when I looked at the editorial illustration accompanying Thursday’s Chicago Sun-Times’ editorial endorsing the massive expansion of gambling, I recognized its inspiration. When the euphemistically … Continue reading
From almost daybreak until well after dark is how long a trip to Bloomington for a board meeting of Protect Marriage Illinois took yesterday. I didn’t even get to read the newspapers because I drove. With having just missed getting … Continue reading
From almost daybreak until well after dark is how long a trip to Bloomington for a board meeting of Protect Marriage Illinois took yesterday. I didn’t even get to read the newspapers because I drove. With having just missed getting … Continue reading
