Illinois Legislation Corruption

Jim Dey writes about legislative corruption in Decatur’s New Gazette.

“Another Illinois politician was convicted last week, and what happened immediately after was as predictable as snow in January,” writes Jim Dey to start his column.

The thoughtful columnist concludes,

“How many guilty verdicts have Illinoisans already witnessed?

“Enough to demonstrate they have little deterrent effect.

“Ethics rules are fine, but hardly dispositive.

“Too many elected officials in Illinois don’t just have larceny in their hearts; it’s embedded from head to toe.”

Meanwhile, the Illlinois Policy Institutes disagrees concerning stronger ethics rules.

Reforms advpcated follow:

  • End the revolving door [for retiring legislators to become lobbyists]
  • Empower the Legislative Inspector General
  • Stop lawmakers from lobbying local governments
  • Give teeth to Illinois lawmakers’ conflict of interest rules

“These proposals won’t fix everything that is wrong with Springfield, but they are another step on the road to ethics reform. The Mapes conviction is another reminder lawmakers need a push if they are going to advance reforms.”


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Illinois Legislation Corruption — 56 Comments

  1. “”””Flight 93, the plane intended for Bldg 7 was about 1/2 hour late taking off. My theory is that Flight 93 was originally intended to strike 7 “””
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    I think so too but what i don’t understand is why they went ahead and collapsed 7 anyway.

    They must have realized it would be impossible to explain since 7 wasn’t hit by flight 93 as intended. Nothing hit it.

    And yet they still collapsed it.!

    https://summit.news/2023/09/04/israel-to-deport-all-african-migrants-and-build-huge-border-wall/

  2. I’ll wait for Kenneally’s article on how to fix this. See Algonquin Township for a sample of his work and efforts.

  3. Why does Cal soil the blog with Lopez-Avelar’s childish screed.

    Avelar is a pundit-quack, a sham.

    –for Cal to keep the crybaby cheat is like adding Chuck Todd to the National Review or the homo Anderson Cooper to Illinois Family Institute.

    Can’t Avelar use his real name in his rant-posts?

    Catalina had him pegged when she pronounced him a fraud.

    shocking news item: https://www.unz.com/aanglin/mexico-parents-burn-textbooks-designed-to-transform-their-kids-into-communist-trannies/

  4. Reminds me of the Illinois state motto. “Will the defendant please rise”

  5. Why?

    Insurance is one possible reason.

    Maybe having 3 buildings fall down pays out more than 2?

    Also,if there were explosives planted it would probably be easier to just press the button than to go retrieve them, especially considering Building 7 did have some structural damage and fire from the other buildings’ debris smashing into it which you can see in certain angles (not that it would have knocked 7 down, but you’d still be taking some risk of harm putting men in there).

    And potentially eyes would spot agents doing shady things.

    They couldn’t have local firemen snooping around in there if bombs were planted.

    They’d have to send agents in there.

    Easier to press the boom button.

    But I always thought 93 would have ended up in DC, like at the White House or the Capitol building.

    Then it would have been two in DC and two in NYC and it would have been an attack on the financial system (WTC), military (Pentagon), and government.

    Bush was out of town that day anyway.

    Look at Flight 93’s flight path also, Notsofast.

    It looks like it was going to DC.

    It crashed in PA not that far from MD and it was heading southeast.

    Some people think building 7 was brought down to destroy/cover up certain things (financial transactions perhaps), but that never made as much sense to me because they could have just had a burglar or vandal take care of those things instead of demolishing the whole building.

  6. Look at the largest corporate frauds that happened in the timeline around 9/11. Enron and WorldCom.

  7. I can’t believe people still think planes took down the towers and a plane hit the Pentagon. The 3 towers were taken down in controlled implosions. Asbestos abatement costs would bankrupt the NYPA. It’s funny overseas reporting said tower 7 collapsed with a live shot and there it was standing in the live graphic. Do you see how the Mockingbird media have you brainwashed yet?

    And Cal. It’s time to cut the cord on Avelar. I don’t know what he’s got on you but it must be good. He uses your blog to push garbage with no discourse. Cut him off and let him push his garbage in the same sandbox we all play in here. He obviously can’t cut it on X

  8. Ding Dong “Can’t Avelar use his real name in his rant-posts?” how abou8t you coward.

  9. When the psy op’d speak. LOL. Prove my 911 assertion wrong simps. Oh that’s right. The MSM told you. The same MSM that tells you there are 57 genders and that J6 was an insurrection. You can’t fix IL liberal stupid.

  10. Epstein’s client list was in the World Trade Center. Darn.

  11. Yup and they shorted airline stocks too, Slap!

    Oh yes Stephen and Martin, nobody did anything wrong.

    The Bush admin was not full of war profiteers.

    The surveillance state did not increase.

    Everything is fine… Everything is fine…

    Nothing they tell you is a lie.

    Paper passports were found in the rubble of the buildings…

    They survived the jet fuel explosion and the skyscraper collapse…

    NO you can’t see the video of the plane hitting the pentagon!

    Don’t question the government.

  12. I’m sure the whole 9/11 operation was designed to obliterate Epstein’s List.

  13. Look at that. Mr. Lopez got his first compliant sycophant. Congrats Marc Avelar. You’ve cultivated a good little sheep.

    You like to post about missing children and Vivek who is owned by Soros. How many children are missing in Maui again?

    https://rumble.com/v3ehvbu-disturbed-the-sound-of-silence.html

    You’re part of the problem Avelar. Your independent contractor fragile ego doesn’t allow you to see it. I suspect the commenter was one of the Trollfarm blind believers of yours.

  14. “How many children are missing in Maui again?”

    Why, have sales of hotdogs and pizza jumped?

  15. JT is a psycho.

    One breath, 911 was fake.

    Next breath linking James Woods twitter, who has stated he was on a previous flight with some of them and alerted officials.

    JT is the biggest boob here and thats saying something.

    You are a laughing stock.

    Your family cant stand your bs so thats why you post here anonymously.

    Living his life stalking a dude on a county blog. Rock on JT.

    Rock on.

    Tool.

  16. And I’m glad to TRIGGER the trolls. Lil Joey Snowflake is in full blown projection mode right now. LOL.

  17. Lopez has a crush on Loomer. Hey Marc Avelar, she’s not Catalina Lauf. You seem to take offense with strong women. Maybe you should talk to Grace about your disfunction. You are not the purveyor of truth. Nasty Creature? Nice touch Marc for a guy she owned on twitter and has more followers. Keep stalking sport.

    @JohnLopez_PPC
    That nasty creature @LauraLoomer must have wanted to end Super Bowl LI when the Falcons were up 28-3 in 3rd quarter, just as Gov @BrianKempGA pointed out.

    These fake national polls are not to be believed. All Loomer & Trump supporters want is raise money for Trump legal issues.

    @LauraLoomer
    At this point in time, it needs to be asked if @RonDeSantis is trying to give Biden 4 more years. DeSantis knows he cannot win but he refuses to drop out because he’s actively and deliberately trying to drain valuable GOP resources and donor money that otherwise could be used to support Trump.

    There is no path to victory for @TeamDeSantis . They are now just intentionally trying to sabotage Republicans taking back the White House.

    Everyone who works for DeSantis must be strongly condemned.

  18. Lopez / Avelar seems to have issues with Loomer. He’s an angry bitter little man on twitter. Don’t worry Marc Avelar, I don’t follow you. Cal do you really want this guy using your platform for his nastiness? He throws insults at a woman constantly. But remember he’s a man of God. LOL. A woman schools him and he holds a bitter grudge.

    @JohnLopez_PPC
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    Sep 2
    You nasty fool @LauraLoomer !

    You think FL Gov @RonDeSantis guilty of a crime along w/ Gov @GregAbbott_TX & @ElPasoTXGov (Mayor Oscar Leeser & City Council) for busing asylum seekers to sanctuary cities nationwide?

    Unlike your precious Trump, Abbott & DeSantis won reelection!

  19. We appear to have devolved into the blog version of the Island of Misfit Toys, so a song from the Christmas classic:

    Rudolph the disbarred lawyer
    Invented a conspiracy
    With Sydney Powell and The Kraken
    They were a team of three.

    In all the courts they all fared badly
    Relying on alternative facts
    They got from Kellyanne Conway
    Which she simply pulled out of her ass.

    They planned a big press conference
    The Four Seasons was the place
    Which turned out to be a landscaper
    And Rudy’s hair dye all ran down his face.

    Now they’re all answering charges
    Getting creamed in many civil lawsuits
    While Dominion buys new Rolls Royces
    With all the big settlement fruits.

  20. Marty, for a lawyer anyone that hired you is as stupid as you are. Since you inserted Dominion in your last post, please explain this simp. Oh, that’s right you can’t. The MSM told you what truth to believe. What a fool.

    Fox vs. Dominion Discovery Docs Show Employees Admitting Their Products Were “Riddled” With Critical Bugs Leading to Incorrect Results.

    https://raheemkassam.substack.com/p/fox-vs-dominion-discovery-docs-show

  21. The reason Dominion won is that an opinion in one email among tens of thousands did not outweigh the mountain of evidence to the contrary.

    That is why Fox paid nearly a billion dollars to settle.

  22. Look at the trolls projecting and ignoring reality. Typical for an IL idiot

  23. How is it we can simultaneously project reality AND ignore reality? Is that one of the Holy MAGA Mysteries?

  24. “Dingo”, if I’m pathetic in your eyes? That’s all the personal validation that I need. Thanks for the compliment!

  25. Dingo. All of the above. You forgot Lil Tommy Snowflake though.

    And you smoked out Monk. He comes to the blog for validation. Do another bong monk.

  26. “How is it we can simultaneously project reality AND ignore reality?” C’mon Chodey, answer the question. You’re the genuis. Or is this just cognitive dissonance in you post.

  27. And there’s Porkboy posting about peckers again. Throwing my terms back at me proves what a low IQ fool you really are. Try using spellcheck next time Einstein.

  28. But you still can’t answer the question at hand genius. More BS from the BS expert. Maybe it’s Avelars fault.

  29. Nothing to say genius. Can’t logic out a reasonable response.

  30. Are you licking your screen waiting for an answer Porkboy? Engaging low IQ people like you in your gutter doesn’t work for me. You are just someone that dumbs down down a blog. Just like Marc Avelar.

  31. And yet you Can’t answer the question. Priceless. Just insult your way out and still mention Avelar.

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