A press release from State Rep. Allen Skillicorn: Skillicorn Urges Privatization of State Fair SPRINGFIELD – On the eve of Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair, State Representative Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) says given the state’s perpetual financial problems, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Illinois State Fair
There is little doubt that the primary beneficiary of the Illinois State Fair is Springfield. Now, with budgets tight, Governor Bruce Rauner is instituting a program under which taxpayers may be relieved of some of the burden of this subsidy … Continue reading
Some McHenry County stalwarts went to celebrate Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair yesterday. Chairman Sandra Salgado attended both the rally at the County Chairmen’s Association meeting. The difference in size between the Governor and his Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti … Continue reading
Today, the Illinois Republican Party is holding its day at the State Fair. Busloads are people are heading that way as I write this article. When I went, it was called Governor’s Day. That was back in Jim Thompson’s time. … Continue reading
The Chicago Sun-Times ran write-up of Chicago’s Inspector General David Hoffman’s candidacy for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate to replace Roland Burris. At the bottom, was another article, next to which was a list of “THE FIELD.” … Continue reading
This yard sign for Pat Quinn is fresh from Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. I found it at the Farm Bureau tonight where the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee was meeting. State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) … Continue reading