Looking at photos from our 2009 trip to Springfield’s Old Capitol Art Fair brought back the memory of when I was running for Governor on the Libertarian Party ticket against Democrat Rod Blagojevich and Republican Jim Ryan. The two power … Continue reading
It’s on Tuesday, January 14th, from 5-7 and will be held at Piasano’s in Richmond on Broadway Italian Steakhouse. Chairing the event is Sheriff Keith Nygren. Listed on the Host Committee are State Senator Pam Althoff, State Rep. Mike Tryon, … Continue reading
The Daily Herald’s John Patterson is moving on. Before he did, someone videoed the walls of his Capitol office. You can see the memorabilia in the YouTube footage here, I hope. … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune headlines ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich’s hiding from staff members who were trying to get direction. Apparently Rod was bored with the top political job in Illinois. He had the work ethic of a child. A deputy governor sometimes … Continue reading
When I was running for governor on the Libertarian Party ticket, both of my opponents were soft on the Second Amendment. Rod Blagojevich was downright hostile, having introduced a bill while we both served in the Illinois General Assembly to … Continue reading
Not today. Today I heard this ever-so-positive ad on radio driving to pick up my son from school. But Friday night’s and Saturday’s phone calls were something else. A woman’s voice comes on the answering machine: “Hello. I’m calling with … Continue reading
First, the disclaimer. I ran as the Libertarian Party candidate against Jim Ryan and Rod Blagojevich in 2002. I got so few votes that it did not affect the outcome. Ryan would have lost whether or not I had been … Continue reading
State Senator Kirk Dillard has been endorsed by the Illinois Education Association. That’s a good thing for him. The IEA can put people on the street when it wants to and certainly can get the word out to its members. … Continue reading
If you looked at the front page of the Chicago Tribune Sunday, you saw five candidates on top of the page. They are ones that the Tribune’s poll found leading in both the Democratic and Republican Party primaries. It was … Continue reading
As I suggested after I got Mary Pat’s call on behalf of Andy McKenna earlier today, the race for the Republican nomination for governor has narrowed down to three candidates: Andy McKenna – 19% Jim Ryan – 18% Kirk Dillard … Continue reading
Who? Mary Pat. Didn’t sound like the Mary Pat I know. Turned out it was a robo-call in support of Andy McKenna for governor. It talked about Jim Ryan’s having supported a $5.5 billion tax hike. I presume this was … Continue reading
In the governor’s race, here are the figures offered up by Adrian G. Uribarri in Chicago Current: Pat Quinn: $3.15 million in receipts, $2.36 million in expenditures and $1.5 million in available funds at the close of the period Dan … Continue reading
About the same time the Northwest Herald was endorsing Jim Ryan, the man whose buddy and over-$800,000-contributor arranged (without Ryan’s knowledge) for Mercy Hospital to gain approval from the Illinois Health Facilitates Planning Board, my friend former State Rep. Penny … Continue reading
Here’s a press release from State Senator Kirk Dillard, a candidate for the GOP nomination for governor: Dillard Renews Ethical Judgment Charge at Debate Important Party Nominates Candidate Who Can Win in Fall (Lisle, IL) – Illinois Republican candidate for … Continue reading
Last night as a very few Republican precinct committeemen were picking up campaign literature to distribute, one of the local members of the power elite took over from the Jim Ryan staffer who was there. I took Ryan’s literature, but … Continue reading
Apparently the leading candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination (according to the Chicago Tribune pollster), Jim Ryan, has called for privatizing the Illinois Tollway. Actually, I see in the Daily Herald, Ryan wants to sell it. One of his DuPage … Continue reading
News reports said that former Attorney General and Republican candidate for governor Jim Ryan wanted the coveted last spot who vastly out-polled my Libertarian Party candidacy but succumbed to serial liar Rod Blagojevich chickened out today. Again. As I have … Continue reading
One of the men I ran against in the 2002 Libertarian Party candidate for governor has been indicted. You remember him. The laughing stock of Illinois, if not yet convicted felon, Rod Blagojevich. The other one was Republican Jim Ryan. … Continue reading
Previously, McHenry County Blog extracted the responses of state representatives to a proposal to impose term limits on leaders. Locally, Republican Mike Tryon was the only one opposed to imposing term limits on legislative leaders. That’s the reform I championed … Continue reading
I’m pretty amazed that the issue I stressed when I ran for governor against Rod Blagojevich and Jim Ryan in 2002 is getting attention during this year when the media is pushing reform: Term Limitsfor Leaders When my Libertarian Party … Continue reading
