Continuing coverage of the League of Women Voters Candidates’ Night for those seeking State Senate seats looking at answers to the question of what to do with the State’s budget shortfall. And the candidates had a minute to answer the question … Continue reading
Category Archives: Corporate Welfare
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Observers of the Springfield scene often point out that most legislators can’t be “bought.” But they can be “rented.” That came to mind as I was reading a Chicago Tribune story about Pabst m moving its headquarters from Woodridge to … Continue reading
In 1989, I was standing next to State Rep. Delores Doederlein on the House floor the night that the Hoffman Estates Tax Increment Financing District for Sears was passed. As the debate neared its end, she asked me if I … Continue reading