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* New law OKs GPS to enforce protection orders
* Illinois constitutional convention needs to amend the redistricting provision
One part of the Illinois Constitution is clearly broken (even Dawn Clark Netsch agrees) and that’s the provision that governs redistricting.
The General Assembly gets to draw the map. And if they can’t, then a Commission is set up to do the job, 4 Dems and 4 Republicans. And if they can’t do the job, then guess how the ninth member of the Commission is chosen, pursuant to the Illinois Constitution?
* Democratic leaders need constitutional jolt
That leaves a state Constitutional Convention. Truly, I’d be glad if we didn’t have to resort to opening up the entire constitution to alteration as the price of straightening out this state. But what else is there?
So, to the well-funded special interests that oppose a Con Con, as the convention is informally known, I again ask this question: What is your solution?
* Trading Places - The demographic inversion of the American city
In the past three decades, Chicago has undergone changes that are routinely described as gentrification, but are in fact more complicated and more profound than the process that term suggests. A better description would be “demographic inversion.” Chicago is gradually coming to resemble a traditional European city–Vienna or Paris in the nineteenth century, or, for that matter, Paris today. The poor and the newcomers are living on the outskirts. The people who live near the center–some of them black or Hispanic but most of them white–are those who can afford to do so.
* Pontiac’s fight to keep prison may include state lobbyist
* Closed Abe site annoys tourists
* Lincoln-related protest calls for common cents
White, who fancies himself an amateur historian and idolizes Lincoln, said he’s been trying to think of a way to send a message to Blagojevich and state lawmakers.
“What better way than to send pennies down to Springfield?” White said. “Lincolns for Lincoln.
* Unions must step up to help plug budget gap
Faced with a gaping budget deficit, Mayor Daley is making it clear he wants union workers to share some of the pain.
Last week, he set the tone with non-union city employees. He ordered them to take two or three unpaid furlough days and canceled the next two rounds of pay raises. He also offered buyouts.
* From Joliet to powerful D.C. ‘prince’
* Brian Dugan’s lawyers to get DNA reports in Jeanine Nicarico slaying case
The state’s main evidence against Dugan is his DNA that was allegedly found on the victim. Dugan’s team of attorneys contend that the case against Dugan is based primarily on DNA evidence, and that they want to leave no stone unturned in the 25-year-old case.
* Local Ad Dollars, Slip Sliding Away
There’s a good but depressing article in the Wall Street Journal about how newspapers are continuing to fall behind in the local online advertising derby–even as their print ad revenues are ebbing away. According to Borrell statistics cited in the story, newspaper share of the local online ad market has fallen to 27.4 percent from 35.9 percent two years ago. Things aren’t going in the right direction. That’s not good–especially when the overall local online advertising market is growing, ahem, at a 57 percent annual clip.
* The Web of Wanton Cruelty As ‘Trolling’ Turns More Vicious, What, If Anything, Can Stop It?
* Photo appears to show McCartney at Clear Lake Circle K
posted by Kevin Fanning
Tuesday, Aug 5, 08 @ 8:50 am
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Drawing lots from a hat or flipping a coin is also utilized to determine the outcome of local elections resulting in a tie. I understand why some do not like that but what else are you going to do when democracy results in a tie?
Comment by One of the 35 Tuesday, Aug 5, 08 @ 9:00 am
“Several U.S. state legislators have recently proposed cyberbullying measures. At the federal level, Representative Linda Sanchez, Democrat of California, has introduced the Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act, which would make it a crime to send any communications with intent to cause “substantial emotional distress.”
Can we please get someone from the Illinois delegation to cosponsor this much needed legislation?
Comment by Leroy Tuesday, Aug 5, 08 @ 9:10 am
I heard a radio ad this morning for a restaurant at Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site. It said thanks to budget cuts that were closing the site two days a week, the menu was now featuring a “Rod’s Poorboy Sandwich,” the ad ended with a sarcastic “Thanks, Rod.”
Comment by Captain Flume Tuesday, Aug 5, 08 @ 9:44 am
lol
Comment by Kevin Fanning Tuesday, Aug 5, 08 @ 10:02 am
K-Fan, aren’t you supposed to be studying?
Just sayin
lol
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 5, 08 @ 10:03 am
Nothing wrong with a little CapFax break
Comment by Kevin Fanning Tuesday, Aug 5, 08 @ 10:24 am
You need a QOTD askin for folks to comp up with a menu featuring food named after Rod and the 4 leaders.
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 5, 08 @ 2:17 pm
We did that already. Sandwiches.
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Aug 5, 08 @ 2:19 pm
what about soup then!
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 5, 08 @ 3:41 pm