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* Poll: City residents don’t want speed cameras: The survey logged opposition to speed cameras from 54 percent of those questioned, while 69 percent said money — not safety — was behind the mayor’s push to install automated equipment that will nab and ticket lead-footed drivers near parks and schools. The disparity between those results suggests that even some of the 43 percent of voters who said they back cameras nonetheless harbor doubts about the mayor’s stated reasons for wanting them. Just 22 percent of those surveyed agreed with Emanuel that the purpose of his speed camera program was to protect children.

* Gasification plants in Illinois dead or on life support

* Editorial: Fracking comes to Illinois

* Illinois plastic recycling plan fails in House

* House Rejects Bag Recycling, Environmentalists Praise Decision

* Proposal for statewide plastic bag regulation falls one vote short in House

* License plates could cost extra $2 under plan to help fund state parks

* Bill criminalizing sale of flavored cigar wraps moves forward

* Robert Blagojevich Wants His Reputation Back

* Speculation now switches to Fitzgerald successor

* Fitzgerald says it’s time to step down, rules out run for elected office

* U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald talks life after Chicago.

* Rutherford praises Fitzgerald fight against corruption

* Editorial: Public records a victory

* Social Media Password Bill May Soon Be Illinois Law

* Quick-take legislation for proposed highway passed

* Money for former death row inmate in budget bill

* University of Illinois fundraising efforts brings in $2.5 billion

* Could drivers be able to pay their way out of traffic congestion?

* Editorial: City teachers: ‘We need a voice’

* Thousands of Chicago teachers rally downtown

* Cook County Naming Rights Are A Bad Idea

* Federal appeals court kicks Tribune’s lawsuit against U. of I. to state court

* Chairman of Sun-Times parent company: ‘Not buying the Tribune’

* Local unemployment at three-year low in April

* Illinois’ metro areas show continued unemployment declines

* Schilling says jobs potential exists

posted by Owen Irwin
Friday, May 25, 12 @ 8:50 am

Comments

Who paid for the anti-HB3881 ad today? Curious to know the source.

Comment by Boone Logan Square Friday, May 25, 12 @ 9:12 am
===Who paid for the anti-HB3881 ad today? ===

It came from a PR firm.

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, May 25, 12 @ 9:21 am