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Afternoon shorts
Friday, Feb 3, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller · From a press release:
· Yesterday, I complained about the secretary of state’s lobbyist search site. Turns out, I was using the old site (it was in my bookmarks). The new one is quite good and has some new features. Go check it out. · Something tells me we’re going to see a lot more newspaper editorials in Illinois on this particular topic. Mess with the bull, get the horn. · The Decatur Herald & Review has done some innovating things with their website. And now they have puzzles. · The Austin Mayor puts in his two cents on the 6th District. · Public defenders say they’ve been shortchanged by the state. · From Jim Oberweis: “Just as I have been a thrifty fellow in my business and family life, I have run a thrifty campaign, being careful not to waste the hundreds of thousands of dollars that others have donated to our effort for reform. ” Out of the $738,662.44 that he raised in the last half of 2005, $175,000 came from Jack Roeser, $505,000 came from himself, $5,000 came from a top campaign aide and the rest, about $54,000, was donated by “others.”
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- Anon - Friday, Feb 3, 06 @ 12:41 pm:
The newspaper editorial - that financial statements continue to be published in the local paper, not just posted on the Internet - is crass self-interest masquerading as public interest. A few years back, I heard from the head of the newspaper publishers organization when my unit of government had introduced a bill to do away with the printing requirement. He was blunt - the elected official sponsoring this would NEVER receive another endorsement from any newspaper in the state if he pushed this bill. It went nowhere.
- ink by the barrel - Friday, Feb 3, 06 @ 1:11 pm:
The Pantagraph feeding at the public trough? Shocked, just shocked, we all are at this obvious hypocrisy from the editorial mouthpiece of religious and political reaction/intolerance (the news pages are fine, though).
It’s an anachronistic practice (printing school board financial information — and other units of government — in the newspaper) just like hard-copy newspapers will be in 10 years, a wasteful, resource-intensive, low-tech and inflexible solution to an important public policy problem: public access to government information.
Shame on you, Bill Wills (remember the car repair fraud story you spiked?), although we all knew it already: The Pantagraph is for welfare for newspaper publishers.
- DownstateDem - Friday, Feb 3, 06 @ 9:35 pm:
Tried the lobbyist section on the Sec of State’s site per your suggestion. Database is inoperative…can’t find anyone registered. Maybe that’s good…no lobbyists exist.
- the wonderboy - Saturday, Feb 4, 06 @ 5:20 pm:
Sorry, but I can’t help but find it interesting that no one seems to be talking about the fact that Oberweis only brought in $54,000 from outside individuals during the last half of ‘05. Very telling of the status of that campaign in my mind.
- the old republican - Saturday, Feb 4, 06 @ 6:14 pm:
You know “wonder boy” @ 5:20pm is right. What a teriffic volunteer base …”not” !! Geez, let’s see @ $54,000 & supposein’ they all gave say $25.00 each IE: a F/R ticket or something like it would only be 2,160 loyal “others”. Then let’s take 2,160 divide it by 102 counties & 50 Chicago wards = 152 units gets down to a “whopping” 14 + {barely} loyal “others” per unit. Raise the contribution level & the loyal “others” count goes down. The regular folk just “ain’t” there & apparently even in his “supposed strongholds”. Another way of looking at it { for fun} is the number of yard signs {I know I’ve personally seen this} in ditch banks along state highways, abandon lots instead of in peoples yards & businesses … I actually saw a guy “installing” one last week on a rural 2 lane highway …. one of the loyal “others” I would assume, maybe one willing to travel. The signs cost a bundle too. I’m sure he’s certainly thrifty with his own cash & that of his loyal “bigger other” … ammassing cash on hand for the next elective office run … what’s this make 3 now. Why are’nt folks getting this ????
He wins this primary … it’s game over GOP … see you in 2010 …”stick a fork in it ..GOP is done” The clue phone is ringing … hello !?
- genxpundit - Saturday, Feb 4, 06 @ 11:47 pm:
You can blame the lack of “others” on his campaign manager, Wiegand.
- anon - Sunday, Feb 5, 06 @ 4:14 am:
Has anyone run into an actual campaign volunteer ??? , other than the guy “old republican” saw. please advise! Come to think of it haven’t seen any of JBT’s or Gid’s. Few if any signs there either.
- genxpundit - Sunday, Feb 5, 06 @ 1:17 pm:
Gidwitz has plenty of volunteers. And JBT… well, she has the Treasurer’s office staff.
- anon - Sunday, Feb 5, 06 @ 3:46 pm:
gidwitz has plenty of volunteers?? JBT & her field folks ..that’s right ….. all on “leaves of absence” I would assume. the guy from down south for Oby…he’s kind of an annoying little guy.