It’s interesting that a couple bloggers, seemingly independent of my analysis and each other (that’s my guess - we don’t reference each other (I saw them after my post) and all three of us approach things differently) doubt the sincerity of Tom Cross’ recent fiscal positions.
MakesMeRalph has this take on Cross:
“Tom Cross is saying that […]
The Courier News has an interesting story about Illinois Republican House Minority Leader Tom Cross’ attempt to get a Constitutional Amendment requiring a super-majority (three-fifths) vote in the Illinois House and Senate before income or sales taxes could be increased. While this is cost-free posturing (the Republicans don’t have the votes) about an issue […]
Former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Harold Ickes endorsed Howard Dean for DNC Chair yesterday. Ickes is an insider who this election founded The Media Fund (later resigning), served as Chief of Staff for America Coming Together (A.C.T.) and was involved in Joint Victory Campaign 2004 (which primarily funded the two previously mentioned […]
Press coverage of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich showed today why he will
Win the Gubernatorial Election in 2006 - since a mere matter of elibility won’t keep Alan Keyes from running as his opponent anyway
and
Lose Votes with his Budget Cuts - in today’s Chicago Tribune:
“Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday ordered the state Department of Natural Resources […]
From today’s New York Times “the top American commander in Iraq” gives numbers on the war:
“[General George W. Casey Jr.] refused to estimate the number of insurgents operating in Iraq. But he estimated that American forces had killed or captured 15,000 insurgents in the last year - a number higher than that given out by […]
Yesterday, the Naperville Sun reports the DuPage County Board voted 13 - 4 to increase the power of the DuPage County Board Chairman (Board members voting against: Kyle Gilgis of Downers Grove, Debra Olson of Wheaton, Robert Schroeder of Naperville and Brien Sheahan of Elmhurst). The rules make it harder to override the […]
According to the Naperville Sun, today the DuPage County Board met to discuss proposals that Sarah Klaper, a lawyer with the Elmhurst-based government watchdog group Citizen Advocacy Center says is a step towards home rule. She charges the “finance committee and full County Board plan to pass new rules that mimic the state act […]
…and my sincere thanks for her service to our country. Senator John Kerry had his shot - and it was wide of the mark when it should have been a bullseye.
The Friday, January 21, Wall Street Journal provides the Republican-led Americans Against Retired Persons (AARP) with cover in an article entitled “On Social Security, It’s Bush vs. AARP.” While the Journal is honest enough to mention that AARP was instrumental in passing the Bush Administration Medicare fiasco, they pretend that AARP will make a […]
I missed the Beacon News piece on Joe Dunn’s recent vote to include sexual orientation in the list of categories of unlawful discrimination in the Illinois Human Rights Act, which both state houses have passed, and the governor has said he will sign, perhaps today (SB3186). The law will have Illinois join 14 states, […]
