Somewhere in the debate on township consolidation, the comment was made that the people have the power to decide the budget at the Annual Town Meeting. Unless there has been a drastic change since the 1970’s. The public has not … Continue reading
Category Archives: Richard Daley
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: CHINATOWN CIVIC LEADER PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT FROM CHARITY AND FILING A FALSE FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN CHICAGO ― A leader of two Chinatown charitable organizations, GENE LEE, pleaded guilty today to … Continue reading
The waiting is over for those wanting to know who will preside over the trial of Richard J. “R.J.” Vanecko, the Richard M. Daley nephew who decked David Koschman in a 2004 sidewalk fight from which the much smaller man … Continue reading
Since when has it been too hot for Cook County politicians to stay in the arena? Apparently when former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb indicted Richard M. Daley nephew Richard J. “R.J” Vanecko the possible public perception that the fix could … Continue reading
Well, that will suck all the news space away from the statewide candidates for office. For the next week or so, the political news hole is filled unless someone makes a really big mistake. People will be speculating on why … Continue reading
Well, that wasn’t exactly what he said as the hopelessly uninformed ABC World News news reader Brian Williams interviewed impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. When asked if he would ever run for office again, he said something like, “No, if … Continue reading
Didn’t the “Lone Ranger” television show start with something like that? When the extension of the CTA from Jefferson Park to O’Hare was being considered, it was right after the Regional Transportation Authority was shoved down the throats of suburbanites. … Continue reading
The Republican bold enough to challenge six-term incumbent Democrat Jack Franks is holding a beans and franks fundraiser on August 13th. As is befitting a fundraiser, expenses will be kept low in order to maximize the amount that will be … Continue reading
Nine more years of data in this third edition of “More Guns, Less Crime.” When I read the second edition eight years ago, I was pleased that John Lott’s hypothesis of the mid-1990’s had up held. After all, it’s just … Continue reading
Received the third edition of John Lott’s “More Guns, Less Crime” yesterday. Eight years ago I read the second edition down in Florida before starting my Libertarian Party campaign for Illinois Governor. The book was a real eye-opener then. The … Continue reading
When I saw this Tribune article on Saturday, it was clear that the gubernatorial ambitions expressed by McHenry County Democratic Party State Representative Jack Franks were not being taken seriously by Tribune political writer Rick Pearson. Franks’ name does not … Continue reading
Yesterday, I wrote about McHenry County Democrat State Rep. Jack Frank’s Friday. Franks rolled out evidence of spending big bucks in his campaign disclosure. (Tomorrow we’ll take a look at the contributions’ side of Franks’ D-2. No contribution limits yet, … Continue reading
The man who used to be on the Chicago Tribune’s editorial page all the time is Dick Locher. He still draws cartoons which the Trib picks up once in a while. His latest ran Sunday. It featured a race car … Continue reading
Governor Pat Quinn has released his income tax forms to at least the Chicago Sun-Times. Springfield Bureau Chief Dave McKinney reports today that Quinn earned $120,226 last year. More interesting to me was that he contributed to $12,379 to charitable … Continue reading
In its Monday editorial, the Chicago Sun-Times took on Tax Increment Financing districts. The commentary was so similar to my own. I’ll share some with you. You may remember it was Mayor Aaron Shepley and his city council’s proposal to … Continue reading
In its Monday editorial, the Chicago Sun-Times took on Tax Increment Financing districts. The commentary was so similar to my own. I’ll share some with you. You may remember it was Mayor Aaron Shepley and his city council’s proposal to … Continue reading
Too often have I lamented that I was at a Cub Scout meeting on October 10th, instead of the Crystal Lake City Council meeting, when Mayor Aaron Shepley led the way for the selection of Bill Cellini‘s development group. Three … Continue reading
Too often have I lamented that I was at a Cub Scout meeting on October 10th, instead of the Crystal Lake City Council meeting, when Mayor Aaron Shepley led the way for the selection of Bill Cellini‘s development group. Three … Continue reading
Crain’s Chicago Business has an interesting feature I just found. Type in your zip code and you can find people to contributed to Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley from 1999 through Feb. 19, 2007. Naturally, I typed in my zip code—60014 … Continue reading
Crain’s Chicago Business has an interesting feature I just found. Type in your zip code and you can find people to contributed to Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley from 1999 through Feb. 19, 2007. Naturally, I typed in my zip code—60014 … Continue reading