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· Um, Dan? It’s June 12th, dude. Isn’t it time to get your website online? (Hat tip: Larry)

· Steinberg reminds us that the governor’s Hate Crimes Commission problem hasn’t gone away.

· Chambers: Health-care providers wait months for the state to pay them for serving poor folks. At least when they finally get paid, they’re supposed to get a bonus for the wait. They would if the state obeyed the law.

· Constable: “If you wonder why Vice President Dick Cheney’s approval ratings dipped below 20 percent — making him less than half as popular as gay marriage — his visit to a suburban fundraiser this week provided clues.” Cheney snubbed Sen. Geo-Karis. As you can see, the columnist is not pleased.

· Take the money and leave

· Crain’s: As the Metra board prepares to choose its first new chairman in more than 20 years, two contenders have surfaced as potential replacements for Jeffrey Ladd, who has dominated the commuter rail agency since its inception.

· Governor says new ethanol research center would be waste of money

· What he said.

· Immigration Compared To Civil Rights Movement

· I forgot to post this last week: The United Republican Fund announced Wednesday that State Senator Steve Rauschenberger (R-Elgin) was elected Chairman of its Board of Directors.

· 7th Circuit Ballot Access Hearing “Goes Well”

· One of the scarier ledes I’ve seen in a while: When Exelon upped power output by nearly 18 percent at its Quad Cities plant in 2002, key components began shaking so badly that vibration monitors were thrown from their mounts and insulation fell from steam lines.

· Quote of the day: “I wear a lot of dark suits. We keep a roller with the sticky tape in the van so I don’t look like a hairy beast,” Topinka said.

· Runner-up: “I certainly don’t think it’s a coincidence that the first known consumer advocate ever appointed to the [Illinois Commerce] commission became the first commissioner ever rejected by the Senate.”

· Maybe we should just invade and be done with it.

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jun 12, 06 @ 3:04 am

Comments

1. Since Medicaid late payment penalties aren’t counted until HFS pays the bills, there’s still a very large penalty amount still accruing. Maybe an additional $30 million. The one question Chambers should have asked in his interview with the HFS spokesperson is whether the penalties were included in the agency’s budget or left out. The answer is, of course, they left those obligations out of the budget, so there’s no money specified to pay them. If they decide to pay interest penalties, they will simply delay regular payments even longer.

   And these are just the automatic payments allowed by law. Medical providers who, by rule, have to request interest penaties are owed an additional $20-$30 million. The total penalty tab is much larger than HFS is reporting.

   Comment by Anonymous Monday, Jun 12, 06 @ 6:53 am

2. By snubbing Geo-Karis, Cheney once again lived up to his name.

   Comment by NoMilkForMe Monday, Jun 12, 06 @ 7:05 am

3. As far as the Hate Crimes Commission thing goes I was at a event this weekend called the Greater Jewish Festival in Morton Grove, great music,food,people. Someone had a booth called Jewish Political something and they had petitions for people to sign about the whole Hate Crimes Commission debacle, I asked the guy how many signatures they had and at about 2:00pm he said they got about 4000 up to that point.

   Comment by JAFO Monday, Jun 12, 06 @ 12:05 pm

4. That might possibly have been the Republican Jewish Coalition at the event in Morton Grove.

   Comment by Establishment Republican Monday, Jun 12, 06 @ 2:11 pm

5. Speaking of the Republican Jewish Coalition… isn’t it very interesting that they endorsed Topinka over Gidwitz…? Very interesting indeed….

   Comment by Lovie's Leather Monday, Jun 12, 06 @ 2:25 pm

6. · Steinberg reminds us that the governor’s Hate Crimes Commission problem hasn’t gone away.

   I knew someone was going to let this issue resurface. The Gov’s office thought it was done, well cooked and eaten.

   Comment by One Man Can Make A Difference Monday, Jun 12, 06 @ 3:07 pm

7. Please, Invade. Now.

   Rich suggests invading Missouri. The only question I have is that it might be smarter to wait for St. Louis City and St. Louis County to simply ask to be annexed. The basic problem is the State of Missouri is…

   Trackback by ArchPundit Tuesday, Jun 13, 06 @ 2:07 am

8. Lovie’s Leather, I am a member of the Republican Jewish Coalition and I am completely unaware of any organizational endorsement for Topinka in the primary or for any other candidate in any other primary.

   Comment by Establishment Republican Tuesday, Jun 13, 06 @ 2:00 pm

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