Former State Rep. Roger Stanley died Saturday, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Stanley served with me for two years in the Illinois House of Representatives in the late 1970’s and became a mail house guy for many prominent Republicans after … Continue reading
Top lobbyist of the Illinois State Medical Association, McHenry County Metra Board member and buddy of former Illinois House Speaker, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State and Governor George Ryan made the front page of the Chicago Tribune Saturday. The reason … Continue reading
First there was District 5’s Republican Virginia Peschke filling out the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s conflict of interest form. Now her District 2 colleague Democrat Paula Yensen has done so, too. Neither had to do so anymore than … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune wrote yesterday that the U.S. Attorney’s Office is seeking “to compel Jeffrey Ladd, a heavyweight lawyer for health-care companies who has dealt with the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, one of two boards (Ron Blagojevich rune raiser … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune wrote yesterday that the U.S. Attorney’s Office is seeking “to compel Jeffrey Ladd, a heavyweight lawyer for health-care companies who has dealt with the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, one of two boards (Ron Blagojevich rune raiser … Continue reading
House Republican Minority Leader (and once Speaker) Lee Daniels’ chief of staff Mike Tristano is enjoying his last days of freedom this year. It’s off to Federal prison at the end of the month–but not for long. Assuming good behavior—and … Continue reading
When Fran Eaton was editor of Illinois Leader, she commissioned a cartoon that seems to have predicted the defense being used by his attorney Dan Webb. The Feb. 2003 Russmo cartoon showed former Governor George Ryan dressed up as Hogan’s Heroes’ Sgt. … Continue reading
