The mailings from Mike Madigan’s Democratic Party of Illinois are getting stranger and stranger. One promoted windmills that anyone with a brain knows that if proposed for her home town of Barrington Hills would cause her neighbors to go ballistic. … Continue reading
With Senator Dick Durbin on the airwaves saying that the U.S. House of Representatives failure to vote for a two-month extension of the Social Security tax cut, Congressman Peter Roskam is counterattacking: Roskam: Fate of Tax Relief for 160 Million … Continue reading
With no other Republican candidate having raised his or her head in the newly-reconfigured 8th Congressional District now held by Joe Walsh, Crystal Laker Rich Evans has thrown his hat into the ring. What follows is his email. NEW CANDIDATE … Continue reading
That’s the headline of a rant by Joe Rothstein, Editor of something called EINNEWS.com. He uses high-profile Congressman Joe Walsh’s small victory margin in low-turnout elections to make the point that if people don’t like what D.C. politicians are saying, … Continue reading
There is a gentleman named Mike Laird who often comments on teacher pension issues. He got me thinking about compensation. His basic argument is that when the majority of teachers in Illinois pay nothing or under 2% of the 9.4% … Continue reading
Unless you have participated in the 401(k)-like deferred compensation program run by the Department of Central Management Services, you won’t have seen the following: Let’s see. Social Security tax down by two percentage points for a year. Illinois income tax … Continue reading
Crystal Lake State Rep. Mike Tryon sent this email blast to his list. Its topic is the state income tax, which increases family tax burdens by two-thirds, that Governor Pat Quinn just signed. Friends, By now I’m sure that you … Continue reading
It’s not because the Democrats want to make up for the ineptitude of their last eight years in Springfield. You might think it is because the Democrats are going to lose some votes in Springfield when the new Illinois General … Continue reading
Elise Bouc, a Republican precinct committeeman from Lake County, read McHenry County State Senator Pam Althoff’s reply to an Equal Rights Amendment opponent and offers these rebuttals to the McHenry legislator’s views. If you have not read Senator Althoff’s reply … Continue reading
Elise Bouc, a Republican precinct committeeman from Lake County, read McHenry County State Senator Pam Althoff’s reply to an Equal Rights Amendment opponent and offers these rebuttals to the McHenry legislator’s views. If you have not read Senator Althoff’s reply … Continue reading
