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· The AP has a list of known spending requests in tomorrow’s budget address.
· More on “Pay to Lay.”
· Topinka has a new TV ad.
· Brutal schedule for candidate forums in the 10th CD.
· Healthcare debated in the 6th CD.
· SJ-R supports Blagojevich pre-school plan.
· Community colleges want more money for counseling programs.
· More trouble in Chicago Heights.
· Acting US Attorney for southern Illinois could be on serious hot seat in Ryan trial.
· Forgot to mention this yesterday, but here’s my analysis of the Tribune’s latest poll.
· The Inside Dope celebrates one year of blogging. Congrats! Also, I dig the Valentine’s Day color scheme.
· Sex Ed plan a hot topic.
· Major Blagojevich backer will cost state taxpayers an additional $100 million in next fiscal year’s budget.
· Thomson prison could finally open this fall.
· Interesting article on learning.
· Rep. McKeon to testify as character witness for George Ryan.
· I think I’ll be drinking my Pepsi straight up from now on. Yuck.
· IL GOP hoped to raise over a million dollars last night.
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Feb 14, 06 @ 7:20 am
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Does anyone know how much a state can borrow before it hits it’s limit.The past 4 years they said the budget was balanced and then we find out Blago borrowed 21 billion.Once again this claim is being made and I think the question this time is.How much to we need to borrow?
Comment by DOWNSTATE Tuesday, Feb 14, 06 @ 8:29 am
Love the “cheap show for political purposes” comment about using bricks for a sound barrier on a highway. Of course having bricklayers get a long term job to lay those bricks after a nice contribution is not a cheap show.
Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Feb 14, 06 @ 8:54 am
I see Brady picked up two more downstate legislative endorsements yesterday….Rick Winkel and Dale Righter.
He keeps unveiling these things a couple at a time. I’m beginning to wonder if this isn’t all part of a very well-planned, methodical march.
Interesting that in spite of the Tribune poll, these guys are still willing to go out on a limb for Brady against the sitting State Treasurer.
Maybe they see or know something the rest of us don’t?
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Feb 14, 06 @ 9:02 am
I just want to make a comment to Rich Miller…
I really enjoy this recent daily feature of linking the more notable political stories around the state. This is a great service for those of us who don’t have the time to go pouring through all the newspapers every day. Thanks, Rich. Keep it up.
On a random side note, I paid a visit to the Abe Lincoln museum in Springfield on Friday. There was a typo on the visitor’s map that I received with my admission. The governor’s name was misspelled “Blagojovich,” which I found amusing…
Comment by Maroon Tuesday, Feb 14, 06 @ 10:42 am
Great news about the ILGOP raising $1 million
Comment by Krenzler Tuesday, Feb 14, 06 @ 11:37 am
Not on this news clip, maybe not yet known…
Gidwitz has gone negative on Judy on TV… ad ran on channel 7, Chicago metro, at about 8:50 am.
Ad features unflattering still pic of Judy with graphics and voice over: Judy supported higher taxes, more spending, bigger deficit. Ending tag line something like: why vote for more of the same when its time for a change. Ad followed by vote for Gidwitz spot.
Comment by Never Judy Tuesday, Feb 14, 06 @ 11:58 am
If I did my math correctly if the state sends 200 prisoners to Thomson Prison and we hire 75 people, that is over 2.5 prisoners for each employee. I don’t think that is the ratio in our other prisons, but the other prisons are not opening just before the election. How can we afford to continually make these decisions. I hope the Thomson Prison opens but employee safety is not the concern of the Governor at our other state prisons who do not have a 2.5 to 1 ratio.
Comment by Governor Give Away Tuesday, Feb 14, 06 @ 1:01 pm
Rich. I’m drinking my diet pepsi straight up from now on. On the other hand, maybe these places are just very good at cleaning their toilets.
Comment by anon Tuesday, Feb 14, 06 @ 1:57 pm
The sex ed comment was interesting.
Again, we have a plan that would reduce unplanned pregnancies and again we have the allegedly pro-life groups opposing it.
What do these people want? Do they really believe that “just say no” is an effective way to prevent teenagers from becoming pregnant?
Comment by Skeeter Tuesday, Feb 14, 06 @ 3:48 pm