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* LaHood’s take on his potential replacements

* Carol Marin: Splitting headache for North Shore Dems in Congressional race

* City crime down for first nine months of the year

* Buyout could save $30 million in Cook Co. salaries

* Editorial: Stroger makes bad tax proposal worse

* No complaints filed against McHenry Co. GOP chair

At a fundraiser Thursday, party Chairman Bill LeFew told supporters that he would resign within 60 days. He said that was because a pending investigation into State’s Attorney Louis Bianchi would force him to choose between his position as county treasurer and Republican chairman.

A letter was sent Thursday to both the attorney general’s office and the Chicago Crime Commission, calling for an investigation into Bianchi, LeFew said. He declined to say who sent the letter. Officials from the Chicago Crime Commission, which generally investigates mob activity, declined to comment Friday.

* Candidates considered for McHenry Co. Republican chairman

* Tribune Editorial: Plagiarism with an asterisk

* Editorial: Perfume applied to a pig

But those “incorrect practices,” 25 of them in a 110-page paper, ought to be allowed to be fixed and SIU President Glenn Poshard should be able complete a new dissertation, the panel said. And the old document should be removed from the SIU Library and replaced with the “corrected” version.

In other words, Poshard gets a big, fat do-over, history is rewritten and the president of the university is given an extraordinary break from a group with an obvious conflict of interest that no one else would get.

And Southern Illinois University’s already diminished academic reputation takes another hit.

* Alice Armstrong: Maybe Glenn Poshard is really a genius

* Clout City: In or Out Congressman Jackson?

It’s just too bad you didn’t have enough commitment to this idea to step up and run your own campaign for mayor.

Look, don’t get too full of yourself: I’m not saying people see you as a savior. I’m not denying that lots of people can’t stand you simply because you have the name Jesse Jackson. I’m not saying you or anyone could get into position to beat Daley in an election.

But I do think that there’s a pretty good chance that if you stopped waffling and started to consistently show that you’re in this fight, you’d win a lot of respect and support. People might even decide they like you a little.

* Chicagoans protests potential tax hikes

* Aldermen to ask judge to release cops’ names accused of excessive force; more here

* Illinois law to protect student media, free speech

* Restructuring today press release: Is Illinois energy marker really open for business?

* State invests $10 million to make Illinois coal more competitive

posted by Paul Richardson
Monday, Oct 22, 07 @ 8:50 am

Comments

That was a good post by the Clout City blog. Perhaps Rep. Jackson might need to really put his feet in the fire. That or realize that he let his big chance go by.

Comment by Levois Monday, Oct 22, 07 @ 9:02 am
I want to see JJJ run. He could give the mayor a run for his money.

But the clout city article is right. JJJ needs to commit to running and show that he wants it. Try taking a noisy, public stand on the things that the mayor is so loathe to address.

And keep making noise. There’s plenty of problems in this city to exploit.

Comment by jerry 101 Monday, Oct 22, 07 @ 9:21 am
Run JJJ, Run!

If Daley doens not win the Olympics bid, then my opinion is that he won’t run for re-election again.

Comment by Captain America Monday, Oct 22, 07 @ 10:08 am
Carol Marin wrote, “I’m talking about the 10th Congressional District and the seat held by four-term incumbent Rep. Mark Kirk of Kenilworth, a moderate Republican.”

Marin didn’t mention that David Kalbfleisch is also running for this office.

Mick Dumke wrote, “I’m not sure anyone but a skilled, shrewd, aggressive, and—to be blunt—extremely self-confident politician can face off with Daley and his political operation.”

Daley is definitely all of these things; and in my opinion, one of the things that demonstrates this is the Green “veneer” that Daley has been putting on all throughout the city. Here is a man that sees a future potential challenge to his candidacy and seeks to preempt it before it actually occurs.

Fran Spielman wrote, “If Mayor Daley continues to refuse to release the names of Chicago Police officers most often accused of excessive force, he may be compelled to do so by a rare City Council order, four aldermen said Friday.”

Kudos to these four aldermen on this stand.

“Restructuring Today’s mission is to deliver exclusive news chronicling ongoing efforts to open competitive wholesale and retail energy markets with in-depth analysis on why some fail and others succeed.”

Great. Just what we need. Another industry propaganda organization.

Comment by Squideshi Monday, Oct 22, 07 @ 12:23 pm
jjj Knows that there is to much baggage in his closet to go up against daley. When daley quits or is carried out of office feet first(like his dad) thats when jjj will run. jjj has done a good job of staying clear of alot of his dads issues, but jjj has made some enemys like the strogers and the shaws that will split the black vote.

Comment by FED UP Monday, Oct 22, 07 @ 1:01 pm
I think if the Strogers and Shaws are JJJ’s enemies, it speaks very well of him,as a person and a politician.

Comment by Captain America Monday, Oct 22, 07 @ 3:07 pm
Junior is looking for the sure thing. He ought to know that there is no such thing in politics. I am not a fan of Obama’s but he took it to the streets and has done very well.

Comment by wallace Monday, Oct 22, 07 @ 5:05 pm
Realistically I don’t think JJJ had any chance in heck of defeating Daley,so I don’t think there was any real point in running, when your defeat was guaranteed.I think he was wise to defer running. but you do have to take a reasonable risk sooner or later.

Comment by Captain America Monday, Oct 22, 07 @ 7:39 pm