Governor to State Reps: Don’t Break the Bank

Here’s a memo from Governor Bruce Rauner’s Office of Management and Budget to the Illinois House of Representatives: To: Members of the Illinois House of Representatives From: Tim Nuding, Director, Governor’s Office of Management and Budget Date: March 3, 2016 … Continue reading

County Jail Future on Board Agenda Tuesday

This weekend I pointed out that the McHenry County Board has  a shift of property taxes from business to homeowners in the 2016 Action Plan to be voted on Tuesday. In addition, important questions about the future of the County … Continue reading

President’s Budget Staff Wants to Unionize

When I worked at the United States Budget Bureau in 1965-66 right after grad school in public administration at the University of Michigan, there was a period just before the budget went to the printer that employees worked very long … Continue reading

Politicians Tempted to Inflate Accomplishments – Part 1

I have always been ever so careful when I put together a political pamphlet or mailing. It has to be accurate. I advise other candidates to do the same. Attending “X” college is not the same as graduating. Seems obvious, … Continue reading