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Maybe not
Thursday, Mar 17, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Bernie Schoenberg’s column today talks about a possible candidate for Rep. Raymond Poe’s seat, William “Billy” Cooper. Poe is running for lieutenant governor. Cooper told me this week that he moved from Arlington Heights to Williamsville about a year ago. He is also remodeling a house on Springfield’s north end, where he and his wife and two children plan to move within perhaps six months. He said he owns about 17 houses that he rents out. Cooper may have a problem, however. Williamsville is in Rep. Rich Brauer’s district. The Illinois Constitution, Article IV, Section 2, Paragraph C states: To be eligible to serve as a member of the General Assembly, a person must be a United States citizen, at least 21 years old, and for the two years preceding his election or appointment a resident of the district which he is to represent. In other words, if Cooper doesn’t live in Poe’s district now (and I’m not 100 percent about that without knowing his exact address), he can’t run for Poe’s seat next year, unless the home he’s been remodeling has been his permanent address since last November. But even that’s kinda iffy.
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Question of the day
Thursday, Mar 17, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller I’ll ask this again as we go along, but what do you think are the odds that the spring session ends on schedule this May? Also, let’s please keep it clean in comments (and not just on this post, either). I love having comments, and I enjoy reading them, but a small number of people are this/close to ruining it for everyone. You know who you are and you know what I mean. Thanks.
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Blogginois
Thursday, Mar 17, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Archpundit is talking about ANWR. Decatur has a new blog (I’ll add it to the blogroll soon. Eric Zorn has a “peace proposal” on the Chief Illiniwek issue. Illinipundit is back in the game after an illness. The Cross Blog defends its use of pseudonyms. Makes me Ralph (a pseudonym) has yet another good state news roundup. One Man continues his coverage of the Aurora mayoral race. Peoria Pundit has more coverage of the Peoria mayoral race, along with the usual smattering of cheesecake. Austin Mayor talks about Henry Hyde’s impending retirement. Rick Klau links to his first podcast. And Weinberger is too busy lobbying and dining with the beautiful people to blog much this week.
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More trouble for guv’s buddies
Thursday, Mar 17, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller The Sun-Times and (to a far lesser extent) the Tribune both run follow-up stories today about alleged violations of the city’s minority contractor laws by a company apparently controlled by one of the governor’s top fundraisers. From the Sun-times: Two restaurants at O’Hare Airport have been allowed to rake in millions of dollars, even though the Daley administration learned back in 2002 that the company running them was probably a phony minority “front” for Panda Express and Antoin “Tony” Rezko, a top fund-raiser for Gov. Blagojevich. The Trib adds a bit of editorial commentary to its story today: The city’s action sparked speculation that the Daley administration had taken aim at key allies of Blagojevich, who long has had frosty relations with the mayor. Meanwhile, the Sun-Times reports on another eye-opener about Rezko. Two companies with links to a top fund-raiser for Gov. Blagojevich were the only firms to get a break on rent for opening restaurants at seven tollway oases. Rezko is out of the country and couldn’t be reached, both papers report.
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