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Have a great weekend
Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Comments are now off. Talk at you Monday.
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Today at Illinoize…
Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Unlike this blog, Illinoize will be open for business all weekend, and the comments will be left on. There were some very good posts today and late yesterday. The Illinois Shadow is his/her usual best with a funny post about Judy Baar Topinka’s new nickname. The Shadow doesn’t like it. Bill Dennis may have a big scoop about his local government. Grand Old Partisan has a very well thought-out piece about the upcoming GOP primary. A must-read. My personal favorite this week comes from President Nixon, who gives us a Top Ten list. Governor’s top ten upcoming initiatives Tricky Dick is also asking for more suggestions. There’s a lot more. Sorry for those I missed. Hightail it over yonder and see for yourself.
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This just in… Giannoulias to announce Sunday
Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Liberal banking heir Alexi Giannoulias will announce Sunday that he is running for state treasurer. Giannoulias will face slated candidate Paul Mangieri in the Democratic primary. Word is some serious heavy-hitters are endorsing him. More later. UPDATE: US Senator Barack Obama will reportedly be on hand Sunday to endorse Giannoulias. Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., Alderman Dick Mell, Rep. John Fritchey and others will be there as well.
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Question of the day
Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller It’s Friday, so let’s do something offbeat. Let’s say you owned a tavern, and instead of naming sandwiches after prominent politicians, you decided to rename various drinks for them. Have at it.
My friend, I’m gonna hunt you down like a dog.
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As mentioned in today’s Capitol Fax
Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Here is the story where Jim Oberweis says he’s not connected to George Ryan. Here is the Chicago Tribune story about Oberweis’ meeting with Ryan. For the final piece of the puzzle, you have to subscribe to the Capitol Fax.
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Guv fires back
Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller I mentioned this story in today’s Capitol Fax. It appears the gloves are coming off in the race for governor. On Wednesday Republican candidate Judy Baar Topinka announced she and the Republican Party plan to take out incumbent Rod Blagojevich and fix the state’s fiscals mess. Now the governor says Topinka and the Republicans are to blame for that mess. […]
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Educators say they need help with other things
Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller From the Rockford Register-Star. When Stephen Mack Middle School started offering chef salads at lunch this year, they sold like hot cakes. Junk food, video games and tattoos have been targeted so far by the governor. One can’t help wonder what will be next.
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The Supremes
Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Some of the actions taken yesterday by the IL Supreme Court: •Upheld a 2001 law imposing a $120 million settlement on challenges to Illinois Bell’s rates for business services. […]
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Did anyone see this?
Friday, Dec 2, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller From yesterday. llinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and St. Louis lawyer Ed Martin are slated to appear late this afternoon on CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight’’ to discuss Illinois’ rule requiring pharmacies to fill emergency-contraception prescriptions. I’m curious how it went. UPDATE: The transcript is up. “To suggest that somehow pharmacists should be treated differently, would be to suggest for example, that when you go to your supermarket and the clerk is checking out your food, and that clerk may be a vegetarian, that when you check through the counter to pay your bill, he’s checking the asparagus and the potatoes and the pasta, but when he gets to the ground sirloin, says: I’m sorry, I have a moral objection to meat, I’m not going to sell you the hamburger.”
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Duckworth analysis
Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller I have one big quibble with this piece from the Hotline Blog, which I’ll discuss after the excerpt: Two campaign sources tell the Hotline that it looks very likely that Tammy Duckworth (D), a triple amputee who sustained critical injuries as a Black Hawk pilot in the war in Iraq, will be running in the IL-06 race against state Sen. Peter Roskam (R). […] Duckworth can’t talk about the war because she hasn’t been released yet, but I don’t think anyone should read too much into this yet. We’ll know soon.
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Trouble for Mike Jacobs?
Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Bernie Schoenburg writes that the Senate Repubs are looking for a candidate against state Sen. Mike Jacobs. The three GOP candidates for U.S. House from the 17th Congressional District have been approached by Illinois Senate Republican leaders to consider switching gears and running against state Sen. MIKE JACOBS, D-East Moline.
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Today at Illinoize…
Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Grand Old Partisan on the upcoming GOP primary. David Morrison (of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform), writes about a new Connecticut law. Jill Stanek is disappointed with Aaron Schock. The Dude writes about JBT & GHR. The Illinois Shadow (one of my faves) is back and posting at Illinoize! And a whole lot more. Get yourselves over there.
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Question of the day
Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller How much benefit do you think there will be from Jim Edgar’s chairmanship of Judy Baar Topinka’s gubernatorial campaign? Explain. UPDATE: Comments closed. Today has made me realize that I need to get my new website up and running. That way, I’ll be able to ban certain words and phrases as well as ban certain idiots from posting and/or even accessing the site, as well as track them down much more easily so I can deal with them on a face-to-face basis. Thanks for making me work after hours you handful of clowns. Very much appreciated and I’m soooo sure I will be much more amenable to your side of the argument now. Not. Also, if you don’t like the way this site is edited, please, by all means, go somewhere else.
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A front group?
Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Last week, I saw a long comment thread over at IlliniPundit’s blog that made me curious. It seems that the website for SaveOurPensions.org was designed by one Edward Marshall, which also happens to be the name of a Senate Republican staffer. Was there a connection, a commenter wanted to know. Save Our Pensions describes itself as “a growing coalition of pension system members, taxpayers and concerned legislators – legislators who voted against the pension raid – who are working for real and meaningful changes to protect future benefits and assure that future generations will not be driven into bankruptcy to pay for today’s excesses.” Among other things, the group has a petition demanding that the second year of the pension skim be halted. The organization has sent out a ton of e-mails to university employees in the Champaign area, according to some of IlliniPundit’s commenters. A commenter claiming to be from Save Our Pensions wrote in IP”s comment section, “To date, over 1,000 individuals have taken the time to sign and return our petitions. We appreciate the many individuals who have gone to the trouble to do so.” The commenter also admitted to sending thousands of unsolicited e-mails “to those who we feel will be interested.” The commenter did not divulge where or how the organization obtained the e-mail addresses or its funding. As it turns out, Save Our Pensions’ Ed Marshall is also the Senate Republicans’ Ed Marshall, according to a spokesperson for Senate Republican Leader Frank Watson. The spokesperson also confirmed that the SGOPs had given Save Our Pensions a little startup money, “maybe less than $100 for PO Box rental” out of campaign funds. The spokesperson denied that the organization was a “front group.” The pension skim was passed without a single Republican vote in either chamber and the House and Senate Repubs have been complaining about it ever since. Marshall also runs his own web consulting firm. I haven’t been able to reach him yet, but maybe he’ll see this and contact me to explain exactly how Save our Pensions is being funded and how its money is being spent and whether any of its culled lists are being shared or sold. Stay tuned.
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