Home Rule is mainly about getting more money into municipal coffers. Another example of this is found in a Rockford Register-Star column by writer Chuck Sweeney: “There’s a related hope that the state’s lawmakers will allow Rockford, a nonhome-rule city, … Continue reading
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Not only was State Rep. Jack Franks spanked by the Chicago Tribune Sunday, but Chuck Sweeney, the political columnist for the Rockford Register-Star took negative notice of his Com Ed tree removal legislation, House Bill 3884. After hostile reaction from … Continue reading
Can’t say I’ve ever seen this before. Politician A quotes Columnist A in an attempt to gain support in campaign against Politician B. Politician A takes Columnist A’s words completely out of context. Columnist A gives Politician A a whooping! … Continue reading
Chuck Sweeney, the political editor of the Rockford Register-Star came up with something I have not seen elsewhere: “I never cease to be amazed at how brain dead the national political debate has become. “Consider President Barack Obama’s news conference … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago I popped for a $1 Rockford Register-Star for a “print edition only” article about the Winnebago County Board’s having dropped IMRF pensions for its part-time members. I couldn’t tell from the paper whether this was … Continue reading
Hard to remember the last time I bought a newspaper on a newsstand. I think it was while we were in West Virginia. Monday, when I was in Belvidere, I saw the Rockford Register-Star story above about the the Winnebago … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog featured the origination of JimRod, the two-headed chicken. We looked at the first 2002 gubernatorial debate. It’s usually sponsored by the Illinois League of Women Voters, but, when I received 5% in the Daily Southtown 1,000-person … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog featured the origination of JimRod, the two-headed chicken. We looked at the first 2002 gubernatorial debate. It’s usually sponsored by the Illinois League of Women Voters, but, when I received 5% in the Daily Southtown 1,000-person … Continue reading