Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO of OpentheBooks.com has come up with an idea of how to send Congress a message on pork. Here is his email: While the nation was distracted by the political theater around immigration before the July … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tom Coburn
If you feel ambitious, type in your zip code where indicated in the following email from Adam Andrzejewski (say: Angie-f-ski): Chairman, American Transparency: In today’s Wall Street Journal, U.S. Senator Dr. Tom Coburn (retired) recognizes our work in his editorial: for … Continue reading
The United States Senator who put the McHenry County Board’s Stimulus loan for the McHenry County SportPlex on the national map in his 2010 Wastebook has announced he is retiring at the end of the year. That’s what the National … Continue reading
My favorite political fund raiser is the cruise that Family PAC puts on each summer. The scenery is stunning whether the boat goes out from a mooring near Navy Pier on Lake Michigan as the sun is setting or up … Continue reading
Summertime Blues 100 Projects to Give Taxpayers the Blues Today, United States Senators Tom Coburn and John McCain released “Summertime Blues,” a compilation of “100 Stimulus Projects that Give Taxpayers the Blues during the Summer of Recovery.” The introduction of … Continue reading
“I don’t think I could have been more victorious,” Barrington Hills resident Sharon Meroni told me after the the conclusion of her challenge to Independent judicial candidate Sally Wiggin’s candidacy. “I have respect for her for doing that (revealing a … Continue reading
So far, McHenry County Blog has published four articles on Paul Caprio’s August Family PAC cruise. The first was about U.S. Senator and Dr. Tom Coburn’s take on the health care debate. The rest are full of pictures of participants: … Continue reading
This is a delayed third part of my view of Paul Caprio’s August 11th Family PAC cruise. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. A story about guest of honor Oklahoma U.S. Senator and Dr. Tom Coburn’s views on … Continue reading
This is the second in a series of posting about the folks I saw on Family PAC’s summer cruise on the Chicago River. You can find the first here. Here’s U.S. Senator Thomas Coburn’s thoughts on health care reform. Vernon … Continue reading
Yesterday, I wrote an article about what guest of honor United States Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) had to say about the health care bill that Democrats just voted out of committee on a party line vote on the Family PAC … Continue reading
Oklahoma United States Senator Tom Coburn was in Chicago Tuesday night as the featured speaker for Paul Caprio’s Family PAC’s annual cruise. Having heard people senior to myself question whether the real purpose of the bill was to withhold expensive … Continue reading
Crystal Lake State Rep. Mike Tryon passed House Bill 4765 this week. 118-0. That’s everybody voting for it. That probably means it’s not objectionable, but, considering the Democrats control everything, what bill sponsored by a Republican that is controversial is … Continue reading
Crystal Lake State Rep. Mike Tryon passed House Bill 4765 this week. 118-0. That’s everybody voting for it. That probably means it’s not objectionable, but, considering the Democrats control everything, what bill sponsored by a Republican that is controversial is … Continue reading