I didn’t know the councilman and former mayor who lived in Naperville since 1965 and served in its government since the early 1990s, but his dedication to Naperville during years of profound growth is to be admired. After a long bout with illness, Macrane decided not to seek another term on the Naperville City […]
The Chicago Tribune and the Naperville Sun reported a week ago that DuPage County State’s Attorney Joe Birkett said Illinois needs state bond reform, to prevent insiders from getting business that costs taxpayers more money than competitive bidding. While the Naperville Sun said Birkett “ripped” Governor Rod Blagojevich and the Illinois State Toll Highway […]
I’m playing a bit of catch-up this week with the blog, so here are two items that should have made it earlier.
The Voters Deserve A Choice
I recently wrote about Wayne Township GOP Chair and Trustee Randy Ramey trying to prevent Democratic candidates Frank Bellino (trustee), Charles Francis (trustee) and 30-year township highway commissioner veteran John […]
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom had a problem. He was looking at statistics that were anything but upbeat - unemployment since 2000 had more than doubled in the city, and many low-income workers - some working more than one job - weren’t applying for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a tax refund […]
The Daily Herald is reporting a better reception for the latest restoration plan from the DuPage Theatre Foundation. The new plan envisions a lot more residential use (86 luxury condos and apartments) plus parking - including parking dedicated for Metra users (the station is just across the street). This on the face of […]
Illinois Republican Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka is exploring a run for governor in 2006 and has some good internal poll numbers to back her gubernatorial bid against incumbent Rod Blagojevich (thanks for sharing the poll, Rich). Topinka’s numbers look good for the Illinois Republican primary as well, where she may well face businessman and […]
Yesterday’s Washington Post Editorial “An Opportunity in Darfur” shows where things stand in the ongoing Sudanese genocide of “African” Muslims there, much to the shame of the United States and the world. Sudan’s policy has shifted from arguing it should be left alone to inviting the world to help prevent the genocide. Given […]
Illinois malpractice insurers are out for a profit like any other business - and will lobby for favorable conditions like any other business too. But just because they’re trying to maximize their profits, doesn’t mean they should be enabled by the Illinois Republican Party. So when Republican state senator Kirk Dillard, state senator […]
From Alan Greenspan’s testimony about Clinton budget surpluses, the current Bush deficits and the Bush tax cuts yesterday at the Senate Special Committee on Aging:
“I look back and I would say to you, if confronted with the same [economic] evidence we had back then, I would recommend exactly what I recommended then,” Mr. Greenspan said. […]
I understand why a lot of Democrats voted for the recent bankruptcy bill even if it is bad policy economically for the country, a policy that hurts most Americans by removing a protection that until recently was seen as fundamental to our economic system. Now that protection only exists for the wealthy and corporations, […]
