As previously reported, the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee received, on July 31st, $11,833.33 of the $1 million JB Pritzker gave to the Democratic Central Committee of Rock Island County. On September 16th (today), another $11,833.33 contribution to local Democrats was reported. … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Peter Roskam: Casten and Madigan join forces to set up K Street operation WHEATON, IL — Madigan puppet Sean Casten pledged his full loyalty to the Illinois Speaker this week by entering into a new joint fundraising agreement with … Continue reading
When Jack Franks was running for re-election in 2016 (before he dropped out to run for McHenry County Board Chairman), an identified Democrat filed for State Representative in the Republican Primary Election to run against Steve Reick. House Speaker Mike … Continue reading
A time-honored tradition in Springfield is ignoring the deadline after which the number of votes to pass a bill increases from a simple majority to a three-fifths majority. By “tradition,” I mean that it happened more than once. One, for … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Allen Skillicorn: HOW MANY WOMEN DOES IT TAKE? Crystal Lake, IL – Enough is enough! For Democrat members of the General Assembly to be taken seriously, they must demand that Speaker Madigan resign as … Continue reading
A press release from State Senator Karen McConnaughay: McConnaughay calls for independent investigation into Rep. Cassidy’s allegations Springfield, IL… State Senator Karen McConnaughay (R-St. Charles) joins several other lawmakers in calling for an investigation following the recent allegations made by … Continue reading
It has long been said that one of the ways Mike Madigan controls his Democratic Party members is through jobs that he either gets them or can eliminate. Now one of his minions, State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, has provided evidence: CHICAGO … Continue reading
The following resolution has been introduced by House Speaker Mike Madigan. If passed, it has no force of law. It’s just an expression of opinion. The top Democrat could have introduced a Constitutional Amendment and tried to get it on … Continue reading
Only 1 of 13 Progressives Wins Democratic Party State Central Committee Seat The following is from the Chicago Sun-Times: Endorsed by Our Revolution, the grassroots organization the sprouted from Bernie Sanders’ presidential run, Peter Janko is the only progressive candidate … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald could not bother to write an article about the hit pieces the allies of Jack Franks were sending out to defame his Republican political opponents before the election, but decided to put it on the front page … Continue reading
State Rep. David McSweeney took up the fight to prevent the enactment of the shift of burden for teacher pensions from state taxpayers to local real estate tax payers. He has introduced House Resolution 27, which “States the opinion of … Continue reading
To lessen the ongoing burden of paying pension costs of retired teachers, Governor Bruce Rauner wlll support House Speaker Mike Madigan’s idea to force local school district taxpayers to foot the bill. That’s what the Chicago Tribune is reporting today. … Continue reading
An article by Charlie Wheeler in Illinois Issues contains the following sentence: “As candidate filing this week officially kicked off campaign 2018, one might suspect that Rauner’s new mantra is, ‘Vote for me because I’m not Mike Madigan.’” I continue … Continue reading
From State Rep. Steve Reick: Rep. Reick Launches Petition Drive Urging Gov. Rauner to Veto Bill to Increase Powers of McHenry County Board Chairman State Representative Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) is asking McHenry County residents to join him in requesting a … Continue reading
People are surprised when they learn that congress critters has better medical coverage than Obamacare. The last person to mention that fact expressed outrage. Now it appears as if President Donald Trump is threatening to remove that very special privilege. … Continue reading
Haven’t read the print edition yet, but the following showed up when I looked at the electronic edition of the Chicago Tribune this Monday: … Continue reading
Friday the Chicago NPR station, WBEZ-FM, interviewed formed Republican Govenror Jim Edgar about the tax hike. The most interesting thing said was Edgar’s comment that current Republican Govenror Bruce Rauner could “have his cake and eat it, too.” I hadn’t … Continue reading
The Chicago Sun-Times probably doesn’t have much circulation in State Representative Steve Andersson’s district. Nevertheless, it can’t help to have the photo of Mike Madigan shaking hands with Andersson that ran on front pages in both the Chicago Tribune and … Continue reading
Having his photo on the front page of the Chicago Tribune being thanked by House Speaker Mike Madigan wasn’t bad enough for State Rep. Steven Andersson. The more or less local House member’s district goes into McHenry County in the … Continue reading
Anyone who thinks that the front page photo of Mike Madigan’s shaking hands with Republican State Rep. Steve Andersson after Andersson provided the deciding vote for the Democrats’ 32% income tax hike is living in la-la land. It takes 71 … Continue reading
