Caption contest!
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * As you already know, Gov. Pat Quinn attended yesterday’s court hearing over the challenge to his legislative salary veto. From the Trib… ![]() Keep it clean, folks. Funniest commenter wins a free Illinois State Fair beverage with yours truly. * Yesterday’s winner was OneMan…
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Question of the day
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * From Kurt Erickson…
* The Question: Do you think hiring Statehouse lobbyists can benefit many local governments, or is it mostly a waste of taxpayer money? Take the poll and then explain your answer in comments, please. online surveys
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Excuses, excuses
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * Yikes…
* The DoC was rather blasé about the whole thing…
Shaer’s “explanation” is what a citizen might call “typical stupid government.”
Good managers find a way to make do with less. Bad managers blame budget cuts for everything that goes wrong.
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Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller
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The juvenile banana republicans strike again
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * Another day, another ill-informed, adolescent temper tantrum over pension reform from the Chicago Tribune editorial board…
Only the We Are One negotiated pension plan could receive three-fifths votes in both chambers to give any pension reform bill an immediate effective date. Otherwise, we’re looking at July 1, 2014 for an effective date on a simple majority roll call But to hear the Tribune tell it, we’ll drown if something isn’t done right this very second!!! These people write like they’re tweenie girls whose parents won’t buy them One Direction concert tickets. Take. A. Breath. * Also, if they’d bothered to actually check, they’d know that the conference committee is actually making lots of progress. What’s the holdup? Well, every tweak they make has to be sent off for actuarial analysis, and that takes time. Again. Take. A. Breath. * And I seriously doubt that Sen. Raoul cares whether the Tribune thinks he’s gubernatorial material. Threatening the guy ain’t gonna work. * Also, too, the Tribune has proved over and over again that it has zero concerns for the state Constitution. Perhaps their editorial board members have moved to another state. I dunno. But pension reform is made extremely difficult because of our Constitution. And the obvious separation of powers questions raised by the governor’s veto seem not to bother the Trib, either. They just want those concert tickets, man, and they don’t care how it’s done. Missing Squeezy? C’mon. Grow up, already. [And for my more partisan commenters, please note that the word “republicans” in the headline is not capitalized.]
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RTA chairman wants Quinn to withdraw Zuccarelli name
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * RTA Chairman John Gates piled on against Frank Zuccarelli’s CTA appointment late yesterday in a letter to Gov. Pat Quinn…
The full letter is here. Make sure to read it. * The governor’s office is refusing to back down…
Zuccarelli was appointed in early June. The political benefit at the time was obvious. He is a campaign powerhouse with thousands of African-American votes and Quinn desperately needed his support if Lisa Madigan decided to run. So, Zucc got the nod. And now… Oops. The problem here is that Quinn loves to cover himself with a reformer’s coat. But when it comes to patronage, that coat covers something quite different. We’ve discussed this before.
Heh. True. * Meanwhile…
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We Are One coalition responds to Fahner’s “misspoke” claim
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller * From a press release…
Investigation needed or no?
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Protected: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today’s edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password)
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013 - Posted by Rich Miller
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