Today we move to Kristina Zahorik’s campaign committee. She serves on the Oakwood Hills Village Board and is a Democratic Party State Central Committeewoman. She ran first for Village Trustee in the April election. Last year she won the State Central Committeewoman … Continue reading
Category Archives: Paul Simon
As I explained in my article Manipulating a Reformer Shiela Simon’s mother, State Rep. Jeanne Hurley was duped by crooked members of the General Assembly to sponsor a bill that made it illegal for anyone to tape record a conversation in … Continue reading
It never ceases to surprise me that the mainstream media ignores the sponsor of the eavesdropping bill recently held unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court. It was sponsored by Lt. Governor Shiela Simon’s mother, Jeanne Hurley Simon. The bill was … Continue reading
One has to go back to 1957 to find the Legislative Digest listing of Sheila Simon’s mother’s bill that was held unconstitutional today by the United States Appellate Court. That was Jeanne Hurley married Paul Simon and moved from the … Continue reading
The 1957 eavesdropping bill that Sheila Simon’s mother, State Rep. Jeanne Hurley, sponsored has been declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Federal Appeals Court in Chicago. The story of how Jeanne Hurley was tricked by legislators who wanted to prevent reporters … Continue reading
I have written how reformer State Rep. Jeanne Hurley got snookered into sponsoring a bill in 1957 to prohibit reporters like Jack Mabley from using tape recordings of legislative corruption. Hurley married Paul Simon and is Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon’s … Continue reading
Maybe I should just re-run this article entitled, “Manipulating a Reformer,” about how Jeanne Hurley, future bride of Paul Simon and mother of Illinois Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon, sponsored and co-sponsored House Bill 1210 in 1957 to tighten eavesdropping laws … Continue reading
One of the roles McHenry County Blog plays is alerting daily newspapers of stories they otherwise might not think of. This might be one of those articles. The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water came up with an idea to … Continue reading
Ever hear of Roland Libonati? He was a state senator while Jeanne Hurley (then) Simon was state representative from Evanston. Libonati later became a member of Congress representing the west side of Chicago. I met him in the Springfield train … Continue reading