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Morning Shorts
Tuesday, Jun 3, 2008 - Posted by Kevin Fanning * Proposed law targeting Drew Peterson may get another chance - Measure would allow judge to consider hearsay testimony if a witness’ disappearance is caused by illegal means * Are you addicted to public access television?
* Atty. Gen. Madigan says ComEd rubbed out clean-coal bill
* Rezko jury locked on one count * Rezko verdict could be near * No vacation? Blame a Democrat * Time for another property tax hike?
* State health bill could bring in $51 million a year for Cook County * NIU’s Cole Hall renovations in jeopardy * Eyes high, head low in bid for Olympics * BP has prospective buyers for former refinery site * Bill over land near airport ready for Blagojevich’s desk * Bill seeks to shift gears on teens’ weekend curfew for Safe Rides program * Bill opening free transit rides to disabled people awaits governor’s OK * Cullerton appeals removal from ballot * IDOT mowing again, will resume carcass removal soon * Poshard calls on Illinois leaders to reach agreement on construction bill * Construction bill’s demise draws fire from all sides * Guv bats budget ball back to lawmakers * Gov optimistic about reaching budget deal * Hannig: Budget can be managed * Governor wants lawmakers to reconsider budget * Legislature punts on budget * Blagojevich says legislature must trim $60 billion budget plan * Illinois budget battle may continue post session * Demos happy with budget; Repubs differ * That’s no budget; it’s a poorly played political game
* Governor: State budget is unconstitutional * Another Showdown Over State Budget On Horizon * Unbalanced state budget may stem from trust issue * Earmarks largely absent in state spending plan
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- Skeeter - Tuesday, Jun 3, 08 @ 9:12 am:
Good to see that Fran Eaton still has a working imagination.
Gas prices all the fault of taxes? I thought it was because oil goes for about $140 a barrel (due in large part to Middle East conflict) and at the same time, oil companies are making record profits.
But no, Fran tells us, it all because of those taxes and because the U.S. won’t destroy Alaska for a short term gain.
I often wonder what color the sky is in Eaton’s World.
- PhilCollins - Tuesday, Jun 3, 08 @ 10:22 am:
Drilling in ANWR wouldn’t destroy Alaska. ANWR is less than 1% of that state.
- so-called "Austin Mayor" - Tuesday, Jun 3, 08 @ 10:41 am:
With regard to the price of oil, a significant — but under reported — factor in the price spike has been the severe devaluation of the dollar under the current Whitehouse.
Record borrowing from China to fund the Iraq Invasion has driven the buying power of US currency into the tank — which further compounds the pain at the pump.
– SCAM
so-called “Austin Mayor”
http://austinmayor.blogspot.com
- Cassandra - Tuesday, Jun 3, 08 @ 10:52 am:
I thought that the reason oil prices differ so much around the world is that governments treat it different as to taxes and subsidies. Isn’t that largely responsible for difference in price, not the cost of getting it out of the ground and ready to
use.
- Six Degrees of Separation - Tuesday, Jun 3, 08 @ 11:04 am:
It is extremely haughty of the US to declare our nation off limits to energy exploration and extraction (including some “green” forms of energy), manufacturing, and all those nasty things that an affluent society would rather not do itself, and export these “problems” to other countries where “those” people will have to deal with the issues instead of us. Sooner or later, the “affluent society” mentality will come back to bite us, and I think that time is now. Sure, we’re in a global economy and every nation has something to bring to the plate in trade, but any nation that ignores its self sufficiency and tries to outsource everything is at a disadvantage in that economy.
- JonShibleyFan - Tuesday, Jun 3, 08 @ 11:09 am:
Kudos to SCAM for pointing out the most important, least offered reason for the spike in oil prices.
I am pointing out by way of informing and not criticizing that Fran Eaton’s nonsensical blather was linked in morning shorts last week. It’s the same column.
- Six Degrees of Separation - Tuesday, Jun 3, 08 @ 2:02 pm:
JS-
It’s part of the story, for sure. And EU taxes have been 100% or more of retail for quite some time (leading to current equivalent prices of around $8/gal on the continent), while the US fuel taxes are actually declining as a percentage of the price as it goes up (at $2/gal, the fed/state tax load was about 50c or 25% and at $4/gal, the fed/state tax load is about 62c or 15%). Repeal of any gas taxes here will create an additional problem of replenishing a federal highway trust fund that is currently spending more money than it is taking in. BTW, there is much complaint about high petrol prices in the EU, and the calls for tax repeals are at least as loud over there as they are here.
- Disgusted - Tuesday, Jun 3, 08 @ 6:31 pm:
Let’s not forget the oil speculators. They role is being talked about everywhere. Jail em’ all.