I went to the DuPage County Democrats debate watch tonight - and it was packed at Jax Bar in the Wyndham Hotel, Lisle. We completely overwhelmed the bartenders and the waitress (yes, embarrassingly, I think there was only one) and the wait at times for a drink was about an hour (no joke). […]
On the positive side, recent developments like accrediting agency JCAHO’s implementation this past July of the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery, increased use of bar coding for medication information and other developments have already moved us toward reducing medical error. But a lot of work still needs to […]
Tom Cross, Republican House Minority Leader, has along with the House Republicans proposed the 2004 “Code Blue” Medical Liability Crisis Relief Plan. While more thoughtful than some plans, it misses crucial components that many Republican plans gloss over nationwide: no guarantee of physician insurance coverage and no guarantee of reduced “affordable” insurance rates […]
I plan to be working with Bob Schillerstrom on DuPage County Board business soon - so when he sent me an email today and called me his “friend” I thought I would post it unedited - as a bipartisan gesture, if you will. My holiday card list is growing! A bit of advice to […]
In an effort to defeat George W. Bush, the wealthy financier and international voice for democracy George Soros will start blogging later this week. Soros is upset with Bush over Iraq, the loss of civil liberties in the U.S. and the threat the Bush Administration now poses to open societies worldwide, including America. […]
From the party of individual rights and less government interference in private life….
I understand presidential campaigns urging people to volunteer and providing them with on-the-spot opportunities. I understand stacking venues with your supporters so that you always appear in the news to look good and never have to address hecklers, or even criticism. […]
I would have been sympathetic to Alan Keyes’ 19 year-old daughter anyway, it’s pretty tough for children of politicians normally, but this makes it worse. I hope she gets out of the house soon and goes to college out of whatever state her parents may occupy at the time.
As a side note, I think […]
Chillinois is back up with some great new GOP material - he’s a great read for area politics.
John Zimmerman wrote an Op-Ed September 26, 2004 describing the unprincipled $75 million money-grab of DuPage Water Commission funds by Robert Schillerstrom and the DuPage County Board. It’s well worth reading. I’ve quoted parts of it below:
“DuPage Water Commission members are again angrily demanding an accounting of how the money they have been […]
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Bush Administration plans to let Illinois federal workers choose a Catholic healthcare plan run by OSF Health, part of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis.
Giving federal workers more healthcare options, religiously informed or not, is a great idea - but there is one big caveat […]
