To Way Back Land – Clauson Pickles’ Refusal to Hire English Speakers

A article in the Chicago Sun-Times about the conflict between Latino and black workers at a Chicago food factory took me back to the 1970’s recession during Governor Dan Walker’s single term in office . I was a freshman legislator. … Continue reading

Illegal Alien Sentenced for $480,000 Unemployment Comp Fraud

A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: CHICAGO MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CHICAGO — A Chicago man was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for engaging … Continue reading

Pam Fender Filing for Unemployment

Pam Fender, the Grafton Township Administrator whom Judge Michael Caldwell cut from the payroll, is filing for unemployment compensation, according to the First Electric Newspaper. Fender was hired by the Grafton Township Trustees, an act that was held to be … Continue reading

Harvard Lawyer Scott Summers, Green Candidate for State Treasurer, Suggests “Moth Balling” Two Public Law Schools

Third party candidates in American politics are famous for injecting new ideas into the governmental arena. They usually don’t get elected, but the power party candidates pick up on them and sometimes they get enacted. Former McHenry County College Board … Continue reading

Lakewood Gains New Economic Development Tool

Pete Gonigam’s First Electric Newspaper reported it first, but he didn’t have the map you see below. What you see in orange is the new area within McHenry County designated by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development as … Continue reading

Scott Summers Weighs in on Employment

16th congressional district Green Party candidate Scott Summers has posted this on his blog, www.SummersTimes.com. I thought you who want to follow the 16th congressional district campaign might be interested. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUTHIGH UNEMPLOYMENTIN THE 16TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT? … Continue reading

Scott Summers Weighs in on Employment

16th congressional district Green Party candidate Scott Summers has posted this on his blog, www.SummersTimes.com. I thought you who want to follow the 16th congressional district campaign might be interested. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUTHIGH UNEMPLOYMENTIN THE 16TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT? … Continue reading