A press release from State Senator Karen McConnaughay: McConnaughay legislation honoring legacy of Judy Baar Topinka signed into law SPRINGFIELD – Late Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka’s legacy of transparency will be honored and preserved thanks to legislation sponsored by State … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Mike Tryon: Representative Mike Tryon Sponsors Bill to Clarify Appointment Process for Statewide Office Vacancies SPRINGFIELD….. In response to the appointment process that followed the untimely death of IL Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka last … Continue reading
A press release from Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner: Statement on Special Comptroller Election Mike Schrimpf, spokesman for Governor-elect Bruce Rauner, issued the following statement: “Governor-elect Rauner believed the best outcome for Illinoisans was for the Comptroller appointment to be for the … Continue reading
As readers know, I love to try to figure out what politicians do what they do Governor-elect Bruce Rauner has picked Lake County’s Leslie Munger to replace Judy Baar Topinka as State Comptroller. Munger ran a very good State Rep. … Continue reading
Schaumburg citizen activist Carol Miller is promoting Adam Adrzejewski for the State Comptroller appointment. I agree that he would be a wonderful replacement for State Comptroller Judy Topinka. Here is the pitch forwarded to me: You may be aware that … Continue reading
One might think that Governor Pat Quinn would appoint the Democratic Party’s candidate for State Treasurer to replace Judy Baar Topinka. But Sheila Simon, the candidate who lost to Topinka, is Quinn’s Lt. Governor and refused to run for re-election … Continue reading
Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka died today. She was 70 years old. This fall, she was the featured speaker at the McHenry County Republican Central Committee’s fundraiser. Topinka sat while delivering a stem-winding speech near the end of the … Continue reading
Again with 20,000 absentee and early votes still outstanding, incumbent Republican Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka scored a big win in McHenry County. … Continue reading
State Rep. and former House Republican Minority Leader Tom Cross and now candidate for the Republican nomination for State Treasurer was in Crystal Lake on Monday night. Then he was off to Springfield, learning how long it takes local legislators … Continue reading
While all four Republican candidates for Governor were expected to make appearances at the McHenry Country Club Wednesday, only three turned up. Missing was Bruce Rauner. Bill Brady made a late morning appearance well before the four o’clock cocktail hour … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks increased his campaign assets about $7,000 during the second quarter of 2013. He raised $40,678.36 and spent $33,391.57. The Marengo Democrat had $512,584 at his disposal at the end of June. Interestingly, he made no contribution … Continue reading
Pretty amazing that a losing Congressional candidate would be interviewed by liberal commentator Carol Marin, but on Wednesday night, there was Joe Walsh, all alone, answering her questions on WTTW. Under the posted interview is the following explanation: “National star … Continue reading
A press release from State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka: TOPINKA TO BOND HOLDERS: ILLINOIS IN NO DANGER OF MISSING PAYMENTS Comptroller responds to Moody’s announcement SPRINGFIELD– Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka on Friday released the following statement in response to … Continue reading
Yesterday, I speculated on the rumor that Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay would leave that powerful post and run in the vacant 33rd State Senate District. As sometimes happens with such articles, more information is offered by those who … Continue reading
The latest campaign finance reports are in and Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks has $475,713.01 I the bank. That’s as of the end of March, 2011 He has a burn rate of over $12,000 a month. He raised about … Continue reading
Jim Tobin’s National Taxpayers United of Illinois has revealed the top 50 pensions for the General Assembly Retirement Fund. It doesn’t have many pensioners, but the legislative retirement fund has some big payouts. Part of the reason is that statewide … Continue reading
Former Quaker Oats lobbyist, now blogger and Sunday night WLS-Radio talk show host, Tom Roeser is endorsing Libertarian Julie Fox for State Comptroller. Julie was one of my running mates when I ran on the Libertarian Party ticker to Governor … Continue reading
What you see below are pages 2 and 3 of an insert that will be put in at least one of the local newspapers by the McHenry County Republican Party on Sunday: First come Mark Kirk, Bill Brady, Don Manzullo … Continue reading
When I was running for Illinois State Comptroller in 1982, incumbent Roland Burris and I debated before a group of reporters-publishers. I think the Champaign or Urbana debate was sponsored by the Illinois Press Association, but I’m not sure. One … Continue reading
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mark Kirk might be a bit more worried than he was yesterday. He wasn’t leading his opponent Alexi Giannoulias, but the poll differences were pretty much within the margin of error. But, now those who … Continue reading
