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Comcast Internet service is down in my intern Mike’s part of Springfield and in my neck of the woods. I have an alternate Intertubes connect, but Mike doesn’t so MS may not posted for awhile. I’m also running late, yet again, so just hang loose and use this as an open thread to discuss state politics and government. We’ll be with you shortly.

…And, we’re back… Things should go more smoothly now. We’ll have posts in a few.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:02 am

Comments

Time for a tune from VanMan!

Comment by Bill Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:15 am
Great show last night at COWL. Obviously there was plenty of material and they used it well. Hultgren, Turner, Berrios and Sacia were stars!!

Comment by Fan Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:17 am
Second that!

Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:18 am
I’d encourage everyone to read the obits on Leon Despres, particularly Neil Steinberg’s in the Sun-Times. A man certainly ahead of his time in Chicago, he lived a very full 101 years.

Here are a couple of excerpts from just one facet of his life, his time as the lone independent alderman during the reign of Richard J.

–”One of the prime attractions at any Council meeting is watching Despres lecture the mayor, his finger wagging practically under Daley’s nose, pouring out a dazzling array of statistics and studies and sociology and sheer guts,” longtime Chicago reporter Lois Wille wrote in 1970.–

And:

–”Despres has been told to shut up — in one form or another — more than any grown man in Chicago,” Mike Royko wrote in the Chicago Daily News in 1972.–

Comment by wordslinger Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:32 am
All I want to know is, when Todd Stroger talks, is it true you can see Bill Beavers’ lips move?

Comment by NotAFan Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:34 am
Barbara Flynn Currie was also great at washing that man out of her hair!! Loved the words to Some Enchanted Evening too….

Comment by off the record Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:37 am
Rich, you might want to check into these guys for backup broadband.. They offer good coverage on the S and SW sides of Springpatch. They also offer pay-as-you-go packages.

http://www.xanadoo.com/

Comment by Anonymous Coward Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:37 am
Comcast just came back

Comment by Retired Non-Union Guy Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:39 am
AC, I have backup broadband. Mike was the problem. And he’s downtown.

Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:47 am
Turner jumped to the head of the pack in Lt Gov’ers

Comment by Reddbyrd Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:54 am
Not so fast with the Turner stuff. There’s gonna be a primary battle. Art has been looking for a new job for a long time and never seems to make the cut.Time for some new faces.

Comment by Bill Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:57 am
Wow, I really like all the new blinking ads! I hope that you charge extra for the flash effect.

Comment by Bill Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 8:59 am
Did Anonymous Coward say “pay as you play” for comcast, oh not them too…

Comment by tulum Thursday, May 7, 09 @ 9:07 am