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* Editorial: Maybe time has arrived for tax-swap reform
* Editorial: And the bills keep piling up
* Madigan worried about spending
* Study bill, then vote, group says
* Hispanic, black battle for county party chief?
West Side ward boss Isaac Carothers said Monday he will seek to become chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party, setting the stage for a power struggle between blacks and Hispanics.
Carothers acknowledged that he pledged his support to Joseph Berrios, the only other candidate in the race for a no-win job that one party elder has likened to becoming “captain of the Titanic.”
* Daley probably safe on ballot
It looks as if Mayor Daley doesn’t have to worry about waging a write-in campaign. Any chance the mayor would be knocked off the ballot essentially ended Monday when rival William “Dock” Walls announced he would abandon his challenge of Daley’s nominating petitions.
* Daley announces fundraiser for S. Side church
* Failure to bill costs Cook health system - Officials say total for unpaid services at least $250 million
* Giannoulias pledges homeownership help
* Long Giannoulias profile
* Robin Kelly gets Spirit Award
* Schoenburg: Meeks hopes infighting won’t nix more school funds
* Trice: Aspiring pols should practice perp walk too
* Editorial: Roll the credit for state film chief
* Finke: Guv dodges reporters
* Republicans out despite pledge by administration
* Signal-watcher walks out on IDOT - References never checked; data he left may be useless
* Sen. Durbin plans discussion at ECC on beetle
* Editorial: Don’t blink. Bear down.
* UI recommends noncompliance for affiliate boards on Open Meetings Act
* Law orders state vehicles to go green
* Rockford has two senators and three state representatives in Springfield. Why does it need a lobbyist?
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jan 16, 07 @ 8:17 am
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Sir –
Youre attention is drawn to the Jan-Feb issue of the Atlantic, particularly the state of N.O. schools post Katrina, and most particulary to the table showing the failure of the public education system generally to more money and more education degrees..
In total, the State of Illinois, according to NEA figures, already ranks 12th in per capita student spending. A swap merely cements the relationship between the teachers unions and the legislators they continue to buy. Keep your money closer to home.
Comment by Truthful James Tuesday, Jan 16, 07 @ 9:23 am
So some Republican porkers at the state employment trough got cut off when their four year terms came up. Several of them elderly and likely eligible for pensions and even Social Security. We;re supposed to see this as a tragedy???
The ever-gullible Illinois taxpayers appear to view state employment as a form of welfare employment for the unemployable. When Motorola lays of a gadzillion employees they shrug their shoulders. When banks start sending their back room work to India, they double shrub. But state employees, those poor helpless unemployables, we know they can’t get a job anywhere else so we the taxpayer have to support them. Even if we can’t pay our electric bills.
The problem here is that these people even have four year terms. I thought Blago was getting rid of them. If they are as good as they say they are they should be able to work at will like the rest of the non-public working world.
State government needs to cease be the State Employee and Political Hack Welfare Society, courtesy of the rest of us.
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Jan 16, 07 @ 9:24 am
IDOT didn’t check on Killeen’s references because, the obvious, there was no resume. The resume more than likely came after-the-fact. I am curious how IDOT received a “stack” of resumes on a no-bid contract. Was this no-bid contract published in the newspaper want adds? How does IDOT solicit interested vendors on no-bid contracts?
Comment by Anon. Tuesday, Jan 16, 07 @ 12:17 pm
UI recommends noncompliance for affiliate boards on Open Meetings Act
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How about a definition for what constitutes a meeting under the Not For Profit Corporation Act? Members have a right to inspect corporate records for any proper purpose, and corporations are required to keep minutes; however, there seems to be disagreement about the definition of a meeting–some think that it’s a quorum of members, gathered for the purpose of discussing or conducting corporate business, while others seem to think that it’s only a quorum of members, gathered for the purpose of conducting corporate business.
Comment by Squideshi Tuesday, Jan 16, 07 @ 5:45 pm
Transportation Secretary Tim Martin - when is he leaving? This is pathetic. There have been several, no, a WHOLE LOT of people filling out applications AFTER they start working at IDOT.
Comment by state worker #1 Tuesday, Jan 16, 07 @ 6:53 pm