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* O’Hare again nation’s second busiest airport; more here
* Phil Kadner: What people will NOT say in 2008
* Steve Chapman: Think positive about negative campaigning
The spot thus passes the only two tests voters should apply to any campaign attack: Is it true, and is it important? Accusing Romney of having devil’s horns would be unacceptable because, though significant, it’s not true. Accusing him of owning too many sweaters, though true, would be over the line because it doesn’t matter…
Thomas Jefferson once said that he would prefer newspapers without a government to a government without newspapers. Given a choice between politics with no negative campaigning and politics with only negative campaigning, I suspect he would prefer the latter.
* State in rush for primary
* Lawsuit in 14th District: Reasonable deadlines sought for canvassing, absentee voting; more here
Election authorities throughout the 14th Congressional District plan to file suit seeking exemptions from state standards so they can hold a special election on March 8.
Because there are only 31 days between the special primary election on Feb. 5 and the March 8 special congressional election, the local election authorities cannot meet standard election law requirements on such things as canvassing the primary vote and certifying the results, getting absentee voting started and other procedures.
* Bernie Schoenburg: Illinois new primary date puts state in spotlight for Giuliani camp
“Illinois is extraordinarily important this year, much more so than in many years in the past,” said MIKE DuHAIME, Giuliani’s national campaign manager, in a telephone interview from New York City this week.
“A lot of campaigns, I don’t think, have recognized just what a big prize Illinois is and how important it is now that it’s moved up so early.”
* Candidate rejects campaign cash criticism in 8th CD
Morris, 49, said Greenberg is “a hypocrite” for keeping Kjellander’s cash while recently demanding the 8th Congressional District’s Democratic incumbent, Melissa Bean of Barrington, return a campaign donation from the liberal MoveOn.org.
Greenberg, 36, said Kjellander hasn’t done anything wrong so there is no reason to return the $1,000 to him. In federal disclosure documents filed in September, Greenberg contends the donation came as part of a legal political funding system that should be improved.
* Foreign policy center stage in 18th-CD debate; more here
* Chicago Argus: It feels good for state primary to be relevant again
* RubberStampRoskam Blog: Roskam gets perfect report card from big business
* Voter registration deadline looms for IL residents
* Laws on wine shipping leave bad taste in N.J., elsewhere
But laws in some states still prohibit wineries from shipping directly to consumers, two years after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling led many to believe that all states would allow vineyards to ship wine directly to consumers across the country….
“There are ways around it,” he said. “If you have relatives who live in Illinois, you can say, “Hey, hold on to it until I see you next year.’ ”
Unlike New Jersey, Illinois allows direct shipping from wineries to consumers.
A 2003 federal lawsuit working its way through the court system in New Jersey also says consumers cannot get the wine they want because of shipping laws.
* Bars finding ways to aid those affected by the ban
* Editorial: School bus law may be common sense, but it is necessary
Known as the “school bus inspection” law, the act mandates that school bus drivers do a post-trip inspection of their vehicle to ensure no child has been left behind. It specifically calls for the driver to “walk to the rear of the bus and check in and under each seat for sleeping children.”
* Program yields college saving from shopping; more here
The new Bright Start Futuretrust MasterCard contributes a 1 percent cash rebate on the amount of every purchase to each card member’s Bright Start College Savings Program account, according to a release from state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias’ office.
“This is like a frequent-flyer program geared toward families saving for college,” Giannoulias said. “Families can use the cash rewards they earn from the program as another source of college money without changing their spending habits.”
* You don’t have to be a saint to get a street sign
In many cities, a petition is all it takes for an honorary street sign. You don’t have to be a saint…
In Chicago, nearly a third of the 1,225 honorary street names are for religious figures and institutions. Four are for patriarchs, five for rabbis and nearly 300 for pastors, reverends, evangelists, bishops, fathers and monsignors.
posted by Paul Richardson
Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 9:01 am
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Comment by The 'Broken Heart' of Rogers Park Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 9:10 am
While I think the BrightStart affinity card is a novel concept, the Treasurer should be encouraging people to actually change their spending habits to save more money. It’s an odd argument, essentially saying “you don’t have to make any changes to your lifestyle to send your kids to college”. Maybe I’m getting too old…
Comment by DC Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 9:17 am
the school bus issue is really a no-brainer. What’s so hard about getting kids home safe? My school district gives the driver a list of their kids, which ones are absent that day and as the kids get on, they are checked off as on, as the kids get off, they are checked off as delivered. No lost kids, no sleeping darlings still on. It isn’t that hard, but it does call for organization and a observent driver.
Comment by Princeville Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 9:20 am
Ourt new primary makes us a political plumb!!
off to the diner to wait for Giulinai to show up…
Comment by Ghost Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 9:23 am
DC-you may be right, but people’s lifestyles belong to them. Make your own decisions, but don’t expect me to bail you out via higher taxes when you buy a McMansion for nothing down. One can always say no, although many American consumers don’t seem to understand this.
Anyway, this sounds like a good idea from Alexi and his staff…better than accumulating one’s points for frequent flyer miles to Hawaii. Wonder if we soon will be seeing a Alexi for guv committee. I’d support it, at this point. We need some financial creativity the wider state government. Creativity that doesn’t involve more money out of my pocket.
Comment by Cassandra Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 9:24 am
Can I get a sign for doing a card trick?
Comment by Father Guido Sarducci Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 9:24 am
I don’t pay attention to negative campaigning, I just ignore it. I don’t like it but then I don’t think I need the opposition pointing out the faults , I don’t want to hear the runner slam another runner, I want to hear the runner tell me about his/her goals, ideas ect.
Comment by Princeville Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 9:29 am
Lucky Peoria Readers got a more from Rockford’s Chuck Sweeney’s take Iowa than the locals wrote about the 3 way congressional. Mr. Dreamy did get his mug in the forefront of the picture after teasing his groupies that he would skip the debate to attend the “special session”
Wow and Gatehouse only wants $1 buck a day.
Comment by ShockTroops Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 9:34 am
Is there anything more provincial than the annual local hand-wringing over whether O’Hare is “the nation’s busiest” airport or only second-most? Is this actually a source of civic pride for anyone (other than those that may work there)?
Comment by gulag Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 9:36 am
Is there anything more provincial than the annual local hand-wringing over whether O’Hare is “the nation’s busiest” airport or only second-most? Is this actually a source of civic pride for anyone (other than those that may work there)?
Yes it is, because it offers a glimmer of robust economic activity in the area, which otherwise is showing signs of lagging behind the rest of the US. It is one of the economic engines that drives the Chicago area, and might help the area weather the next recession.
Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 10:06 am
I’m just hoping that these many election authorities aren’t forgetting that they need to print THREE sets of primary ballots, whenever they do it.
Comment by Squideshi Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 1:03 pm
What’s Greenberg’s beef with MoveOn.org? Is he claiming MoveOn does something illegal? Or is his complaint strictly along ideological lines?
Greenberg kinda comes off as an ignoramus and a sissy if he thinks Democrats should return money tainted by coming from liberal contributors.
I swear. Let Joe McCarthy cow the Democrats about communists and next the McCarthy panty-waist wannabes will try to exclude liberals from the political process.
Hey, Greenberg, have some cheese with that whine.
Comment by Carl Nyberg Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 4:08 pm
75% of travelers at O’Hare Field are neither going to or initially originating from Chicago. Why should it matter if the aorport is the first or second busiest?
Comment by Scheduler Thursday, Jan 3, 08 @ 6:41 pm